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254:. New programs in the 1970s offered maternal and child health education, health statistics, chronic and communicable disease control, filariasis control, and mental health. In 1978, the Maternal Child Health and Crippled Children Services were introduced. Renal dialysis equipment arrived and a special unit was organized. It soon became one of the most valuable additions to local healing services as kidney diseases increased. Women's Auxiliary later emerged and provided equipment and other forms of assistance to medical and nursing staff. 40: 222:. It has been ranked among the best hospitals in the Pacific Ocean. It is home to an emergency room and there are doctors on duty at all hours. It is a 150-bed facility. It includes TB, leprosy and obstetric units. The hospital was built in 1968 and is operating under a $ 50 million budget as of 2017. The executive director is Taufete'e John Faumuina. 234:
in the 1960s. The total estimated cost of the project was $ 3.5 million. The Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Tropical Medical Center opened on June 6, 1968. The first admitted patient was a baby about to be delivered. He received the name Lyndon. Soon after its start, the hospital was acclaimed to be the
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had informed local lawmakers of challenges with recruiting Samoan doctors and nurses. The hospital's proposed budget for the fiscal year 2020 totaled $ 50.78 million, which is a $ 68,500 decrease from the approved FY 2019 budget. As of September 2019, LBJ's debt was about $ 5 million. Its largest
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held meetings regarding hospital prices. The Cancer Society joined LBJ in a breast cancer awareness campaign. In October 1983, an updating of the major indicators of territorial health status showed significant improvement in every major area. American Samoans were living longer than ever before,
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On August 23, 1982, the hospital announced new changes to the prices: in-patient, $ 20 per day; out-patient, $ 2 per visit; for uninsured patients: in-patient, $ 201 per day; out-patient, $ 5.70 per visit. Director of Health Dr. Nofo Siliga claimed the revenues were needed in order to pay for
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best medical facility in the region. The opening staff consisted of 300 locals and a small cadre of stateside professionals. A U.S. government record stated that in 1969 the number of employees, two doctors and one dentist, "was dangerously low" but that since then more doctors were hired.
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premature deaths were lower, and there was a significant reduction in the incidence of several important preventable diseases. The mortality rate was the lowest of all five inhabited U.S. territories.
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improvements, purchase better equipment, and hire more physicians. The negative reaction was immediate and the
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A 1971 study found the hospital services offered at LBJ to be compared favorably with services offered in the
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at health care facilities of comparable size. The government began sending more students for training in
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The government condemned nearly 20 acres (8.1 ha) for a new hospital in
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LBJ Hospital (American Samoa)

Faga'alu
Maoputasi County
Coordinates
14°17′25″S 170°41′08″W / 14.2903°S 170.6855°W / -14.2903; -170.6855
Funding
Public hospital
Type
District General
Emergency department
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Hospitals in American Samoa
rural general hospital
American Samoa
Faga'alu
Maoputasi County
Faga'alu Valley
mainland
New Zealand
Fiji
Hawai'i
Legislature
Daniel Inouye
Samoa News
Faumuina John Faumuina
Medicaid
U.S. Department of the Interior
Medicare
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