Roxborough Memorial Hospital Welcomes Jon-Paul Croom as Chief Operating Officer

Philadelphia, PA -- Roxborough Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce Jon-Paul Croom as its new chief operating officer.

Croom comes to Roxborough Memorial Hospital from the Tenet Central-Northeast Southern States Region Commitment to Quality team where he served as an associate administrator. In this role, he led process and quality improvement initiatives within eleven Tenet hospitals. Prior to this position, Croom managed contracts and leasing at Tenets Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, AL.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Mercer University in Macon, GA in 1996, Croom went on to complete a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2000, and a Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration from that university in 2001.

Raised in Vicksburg, MS, Croom currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 137-bed community hospital located at 5800 Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. The hospital, a part of Tenet Pennsylvania since 2002, has served the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia for more than a century. Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). To learn more about Roxborough Memorial, visit www.roxboroughmemorial.com.

Certain statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. They are based on managements current expectations and could be affected by numerous factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Certain of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's transition report on Form 10-K for the 7-month period ended Dec. 31, 2002 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Do not rely on any forward-looking statement, as we cannot predict or control many of the factors that ultimately may affect our ability to achieve the results estimated. We make no promise to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.

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