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![LBJ Board Chairman Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega, CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua (right) and CFO Sefanaiya Kaumaitotoya testifying at the joint hearing of the Fono’s Budget and Appropriation Committee. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_2009.jpg?itok=tfPS0v41 "LBJ Board Chairman Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega, CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua (right) and CFO Sefanaiya Kaumaitotoya testifying at the joint hearing of the Fono’s Budget and Appropriation Committee. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the late submission which caused the reshuffling of department budget hearings so Fono members could study it, lawmakers were still not satisfied on Monday, with the LBJ Hospital’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024 and unanimously voted to return it so that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean has queried the role of the Department of Treasury in what became a scam involving hospital funds.
He asked how $US4.5 million was transferred from a hospital account without proper verification by the Department of Treasury and ended up a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $500,000 in federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds for the LBJ Medical Center’s Storm Shutter System Project.
Kathryn Lipiecki, director of Mitigation Division at FEMA Region 9, in a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ hospital received a donation of bedding materials from the two stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints this week Monday, July 31, 2023.
The supply of pillows, pillow cases, blankets, fitted sheets, thin and thick over spreads etc were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ hospital HR director Rowena Reid says the hospital, which remains short of nurses and physicians, is turning to Thailand to look for RN qualified nurses.
Only three of the more than 20 recruits from Fiji who arrived in November 2022 have passed the US Standard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Health Committee met and discussed the status of the only two out of the 21 nurses from Fiji who passed the NCLEX (National Council Licensing Examination) to be certified as registered nurses. Three others who sat the exam last week did not pass and will make a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It has been six months since Moefaauo Bill Emmsley resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the American Samoa Medical Center Authority (ASMCA), or as often referred to simply as LBJ hospital, and the position is now being advertised, according to Acting CEO Dr. Jean...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There have been rumors in the community that Acting Chief Executive Officer for the LBJ Medical Center, Dr. Akapusi Ledua will be joining a hospital in Alaska, as he has received a job offer. However, Dr. Ledua has assured through government media (KVZK-TV) that he has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On early Friday, May 19, 2023, the LBJ Executive Team and Board presented its first batch of Emergency Medical Service Paid Time Off (PTO) payout checks to EMS employees. Prior to receiving the payout, EMS employees were asked to sign or initial an agreement, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Doctors, nurses and medical officials who are part of the subcommittee overseeing the plans for a new hospital are voicing their opposition to the project as it stands, laying out three options, the first and second of which include a long-term acute care facility either...