LBJ is providing sustainable care partnering with volunteer doctors
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Believing in partnerships has proven to save thousands of dollars for the local government and the territory’s only hospital — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center,

![The Team of Doctors from the USA who are currently working as volunteers at LBJ Hospital. [photo: AT] Team of Doctors from the USA](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/team_of_doctors.jpg?itok=78bZd55n)
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