24 Jun 2002

Emergency medical staff at LBJ Hopsital in Amercian Samoa lose jobs after drugs tests

8:57 am on 24 June 2002

Five emergency medical personnel at the LBJ Hospital in American Samoa have been released from their jobs after being accused of using drugs.

The Chief Executive Officer,Taufetee John Faumuina Jnr, said the hospital was enforcing a drug free policy and anyone who tested positive in random drugs tests would be let go.

He said this was not the first time that the hospital had sacked employees based on drug test results