According to RNZI, the Minister of Finance, Sili Epa Tuioti, said too many Samoans had suffered damage to their health.
The National Health Services will get $US35 million dollars of the 44 million allocated to health in new national Budget.
It includes three million for the National Kidney Foundation and $2.5 million for the overseas medical treatment scheme.
The budget has also proposed increasing taxes on tobacco and alcohol.
