Dr Ernest Yorke, the President of the Ghana Medical Association, has said the decision to publicly identify the doctors in the investigative report into the death of Charles Amissah as “unfortunate”.
The GMA president raised strong concerns over the handling of the investigative report into the death of Charles Amissah.
According to the GMA president, the naming of medical professionals in the findings has exposed them to public hostility and personal risk.
Speaking on Citi News on Thursday, May 7, GMA President Ernest Yorke noted that the decision has shifted focus to the gap in the country’s emergency sector.
He revealed that some of the health professionals named in the report are already facing threats, online harassment and damaging messages.
Ernest Yorke lamented, “…It has implications for their practice, their mental health, and others. And that is why we are saying even if they’ve done wrong, there are better ways of handling this without necessarily having to put them [out]”.
The GMA president argued that alternative approaches should have been used, highlighting that in many disciplinary systems, identities are protected until processes are concluded, and in other cases, names are withheld to prevent undue harm.
His comments follow the committee set up to investigate the death of Charles Amissah, which has sanctioned seven medical staff members over their failure to attend to the late engineer working at Promasidor Ghana Limited.
The medical staff sanctioned include Anne-Marie Kudowor of the Police Hospital, Naomi Eyram Adotevi and Akosua B. Turkson of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Ida Druant, Genevieve Adjar, Joy Daisy Nelson, and Salamatu Alhassan Aidoo of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, who are to face disciplinary action for breaching their professional duties in the care of Charles Amissah and for being untruthful to the Committee.
The committee, chaired by Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, presented its findings on May 6, 2026, detailing that, “Dr Anne-Marie Kudowor failed to exercise ethical and professional judgment prudently by not attending to Charles Amissah, who was in a life-threatening condition at Police Hospital, leading to his death, and was untruthful to the committee.
“Dr Nina Naomi Eyram Adotevi also failed to exercise ethical and professional judgement prudently by not attending to Charles Amissah, who was in a life-threatening condition at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, leading to his death later,” Professor Akosa remarked.
Dr Anne-Marie Kudowor has been recommended for referral to the Police Hospital and the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) for disciplinary action over alleged misconduct.
They also referred Dr Nina Naomi Eyram Adotevi to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital and the MDC for disciplinary action.
Also, Dr Ida Druant and Dr Genevieve Adjar of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have been recommended for disciplinary action by their institution and the MDC for similar breaches.
Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa committee also further recommended sanctions against nursing staff, including Miss Akosua B. Turkson and Joy Daisy Nelson, who are to be referred to their respective institutions and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The committee, beyond individual accountability, outlined urgent systemic reforms.
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