Fiji Nat’l University’s MBBS program
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two American Samoan women stepped up a few years back to help alleviate the doctor shortage at LBJ Hospital, which has now gained two new fledgling doctors as a result of a six-year program at the Fiji National University.
Dr. Nerisa Faumuina who hails from Nua and...

![Dr Matai'a and Dr Faumuina are the first two students from American Samoa graduating from the MBBS Program at the National University of Fiji, a 6-year program for which they have officially completed all the requirements to graduate as doctors with MBBBS degrees, this coming December 2023. [photo: AT] Dr Matai'a and Dr Faumuina](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_new_doctors_0013.jpg?itok=fwspEY3-)