Patients seeking treatment at Poutasi and Sa'anapu district hospitals have been affected by medicine shortages over the past two weeks, raising concerns that supply problems have spread beyond Samoa's national referral hospital.Eseta Lomitusi, a resident of Poutasi, said the shortages were placin...
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By Gagau Faavesi Sitaiai
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17 July 2026, 11:00PM
A continuing shortage of basic medicines at Samoa’s main hospital in Moto’otua is leaving many patients frustrated and forcing…
Patients and caregivers say essential medicines for children and other patients are unavailable at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole…
Residents from rural communities say district hospitals continue to face challenges due to limited resources and occasional…
A visiting specialist team treated children in Samoa who may have waited up to three years for surgery and at one point did not…
The shortage of medicine at the national hospital has led the mental health unit to ration supplies and make home visits to…
Blood tests are unavailable at Samoa’s public hospitals because laboratory supplies have run out, according to a memorandum…
