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LBJ MEDICAL CENTER

fiber optic connectivity
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In its continuing effort to advance healthcare technology, the LBJ Medical Center is in the process of installing cutting-edge fiber optic connectivity throughout the hospital. A press release from the American Samoa Medical Center Authority, dated Jan. 23, 2024, notes...
Stanley Tapuaialupe Iakopo with his children
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A familiar face has joined the LBJ Medical Center Team as Director of Human Resources, and Acting Public and Media Relations Specialist. Mr. Stanley Iakopo, who was last seen as one of our local athletes during the 2023 17th Pacific Games held in the Solomon Islands...
Dr. Akapusi Ledua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The newly selected Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the LBJ Medical Center, Dr. Akapusi Ledua says, “For me, becoming a CEO is just a different title with added responsibility, the principle of leadership is still the same — a leader is the servant of the people.” In...
Dr Joseph Shumway
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center’s Chief Medical Officer has been placed on suspension until further notice, over “defamatory” comments allegedly “made by Dr Joseph Shumway on Talanei on July 11 2023”, regarding the measles outbreak in the Territory. Both the Department of Health and...
code yellow
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has moved to downgrade its COVID-19 response level from Code Red to Code Yellow, effective today, Aug. 29, providing for Outpatient Clinics and Clinical Services to “resume modified normalcy,” the hospital announced in a statement late last week. The...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has allocated $50 million of its $300 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act for recruitment, retention and retraining of staff at LBJ and the proposed new 40-bed facility in Tafuna. “Funding to cover these costs is essential to attracting...
Dr. Akapusi Ledua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has completed the Preliminary COVID-19 Mortality Analysis since the COVID surge began in American Samoa and among its finding, is that 75% of individuals who succumbed to COVID related deaths were in poor health prior to their COVID-19 infection. LBJ’s...
Airial view of LBJ hospital
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — COVID-19 confirmed positives recorded at LBJ Medical Center, reveal eleven of them are hospital employees, including four physicians, said Dr. Akapusi Ledua, acting chief of staff, during last Friday’s virtual news conference, Dr. Ledua also revealed that the hospital is...
Waiting area for ER treatment with ambulance in front
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the territory continues under Code Red, prompting the closure of government services, except for essential ones, members of the public have raised questions on how they are to obtain specific documents from the LBJ Medical Center — such as birth certificates, death...
[front row l-r]  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints, Sister Peggy Ann Haleck and her husband Elder Vince Haleck, along with  Elder Dr. John Edwards — a US Certified Orthopedic Surgeon — and his wife, Sister Rebecca Edwards, a Licensed Social Worker
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center — in a spirit of Thanksgiving — celebrated the 100th successful total knee replacement surgery at the hospital. The event marks the number of patients who received this medical procedure, officially started in October 2019 at the hospital led by Elder...

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