Tubman, whose 1961 visit with U.S. President John F. Kennedy laid the groundwork for USAID funding for a national medical center in Liberia.

[2] The Catherine Mills Rehabilitation Hospital was completely destroyed during the Liberian civil conflict.

The facility sustained heavy damage over the 23-year period of civil unrest that began with the 1980 coup led by Samuel Doe and lasted until 2003.

The main hospital, which at five stories is one of the tallest structures in the vicinity, was at one point occupied by rebel forces and used as a machine gun outpost overlooking Tubman Boulevard, a major road linking the Sinkor neighborhood with downtown Monrovia.

[3] The General Administrator is in charge of all the component organizations that make up the Medical Center and is appointed by the President of Liberia.