About
Welcome to JFK Medical Center
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Medical Center (JFKMC) was established in 1971 by an Act of the National Legislature. Since its establishment, Medical Center (JFKMC) continues to provide premier primary, secondary tertiary medical and educational services to Liberians and other nationals resident in Liberia. Named in honor of the 35th President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the Medical Center has for over four decades, continuously played an unparalleled role in delivering quality healthcare services to the people of Liberia and training of Liberia’s health workforce.
The Medical Center is situated in the market space as the highest provider of quality and superior medical services at a very affordable price to inhabitants of the 15 political sub-divisions of Liberia. It is positioned as the last place of hope when all other facilities failed patients. All medical facilities within the borders of Liberia refer patients to the Medical Center for which they are unable to provide advanced care.
Our Four Major Components
The JFK Memorial Hospital- a founding component of the Medical Center built with a capacity of 500 beds.
The Liberian-Japanese Friendship Maternity Hospital – completed in 1983 to provide maternal and child health services with a capacity of 250 beds.
Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts – offers medical education for paramedical students
The Edward S. Grant Mental Health Hospital – an interim facility to the Catherine Mills Rehabilitation Center caters to mental health patients with a capacity of 79 beds.
Our Workforce
The Medical Center is staffed with trained Doctors, Nurses, Nurse Anesthetics, Nurse Aides, Operating Room Technicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Laboratory Technicians, Radiology Technicians and other support staff. The JFK Medical Center has 929 (nine hundred twenty nine) Medical, Paramedical and Support Staff.
In its physician pool, the Medical Center is has in its employ twenty (20) consultants, sixteen (16) specialists, (50) residents among others, including House Officers and Interns. Our consultants and specialist doctors have specialties in the areas of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Dental, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, etc.
