NURSE SHORTAGE

Dr. Akapusi Ledua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ is getting a new supply of nurses from Thailand this week with three arriving on Monday, Aug. 21, three more to arrive on Aug. 28, and another three to arrive on September 1. LBJ Chief Executive Officer, Dr Akapusi Ledua says they are carrying out interviews for the...
Moefaauo Bill Emmsly
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Chief Executive Officer of LBJ hospital “stands by resolutely” with his earlier statement of facts regarding the reason behind hiring nurses from Fiji and the Philippines instead of neighboring Samoa. “To address LBJ's lingering shortage-of-nursing conundrum, several...