Blood tests are unavailable at Samoa’s public hospitals because laboratory supplies have run out, according to a memorandum obtained and verified by the Samoa Observer.Sources familiar with antibiotic stocks at TTMH also raised concerns about shortages. They said doctors and nurses “are strugglin...
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By Su'emalolefasula Taylor Ieremia
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22 August 2026, 5:00PM
Patients seeking treatment at Poutasi and Sa'anapu district hospitals have been affected by medicine shortages over the past two…
Patients and caregivers say essential medicines for children and other patients are unavailable at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole…
Key drugs to manage and treat type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, and also children's paracetamol, remain in low supply.
A continuing shortage of basic medicines at Samoa’s main hospital in Moto’otua is leaving many patients frustrated and forcing…
Essential drugs like metformin, amlodipine and children’s paracetamol are scarce.
An emergency shipment of medicines flown in from Fiji last week has provided only partial relief to Samoa's ongoing medicine…
