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Samoa Hospitals form an important part of Samoa Health. The chief hospital of Samoa is the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua. It is the National Hospital of Samoa and is located in the capital. Other than the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua , there are the Malietoa Tanumafili II Hospital at Tuasivi on Savaii and a number of district hospitals.
The Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua provides the people of Samoa with numerous health services and facilities. It is the only hospital providing scope of learning medicine in Samoa. This hospital of Samoa provides primary, secondary and tertiary health care facilities. Specialist medical services, surgery, outpatients clinics, etc are also provided by Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua.
The Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua is connected to the other Samoa hospitals and clinics. The specialists working in the hospital extend services to the Malietoa Tanumafili II Hospital at Tuasivi on Savaii and the district hospitals. The departments of surgery, paediatrics, internal medicine and gynecology are helped by the specialists from Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital. The hospital is the headquarters of the Ministry of Health, Samoa.
The Malietoa Tanumafili II Hospital at Tuasivi on Savaii, another of Samoa hospitals, provides services like pathology, dental, pharmacy and imaging. The well equipped hospital of Samoa provides with very good health care facilities to the people of Samoa. It is also the center for the administrative body of the health services in Savaii.
The other district hospitals of Samoa and the clinics and health centers provide basic medical facilities and services. The conditions of Samoa hospitals have improved but much more needs to be done. The number of hospitals needs to be increased and the infrastructure of the hospitals also requires improvement.
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