 However, in 2008 operating as a corporation was determined not to be commercial viable and the Tuvalu Media Corporation then became the Tuvalu Media Department (TMD) under the Office of the Prime Minister.A hospital was established at Funafuti in 1913 at the direction of G.B.W.Smith-Rewse, during his tenure as the District Officer at Funafuti from 1909 to 1915.