“Nobody looked,” said the tearful medical doctor, the sister of the late Charles Amissah.
Charles Amissah sustained shoulder lacerations in a hit-and-run on February 6, 2026, on his way home from work at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
Mr Amissah succumbed to his injuries after being turned away from three different major hospitals after an infamous “No Bed Syndrome” was declared by all of them.
In case you wonder what the term “No Bed Syndrome” means, Titus Beyuo, Lambussie MP and Board Chair of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, explains it here.
It is heartbreaking for Dr Matilda Amissah, an award-winning emergency care professional at the Cape Coast Hospital, who was miles away from the Police Hospital, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to help.
She clearly feels let down by her fellow professionals in the aforementioned hospitals, who could’ve easily prevented her brother’s demise.
“I’ve saved lives, and people come and thank me at the emergency unit. I won an award for Best Emergency Medical Officer.
“I went for the Osabarima Royal Awards for Best Department Emergency, and in less than a month, this is what has happened to my brother.
“I’m looking at his injuries and I’m like, there are 1,000 ways to save this shoulder, but nobody looked; nobody looked. It’s heartbreaking,” she said to the Daily Graphic.
