Tenet Completes Sale of Tarzana Hospital to Providence Health & Services - California

DALLAS . – Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that a Tenet subsidiary purchased the 245-bed Tarzana campus of Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center from HCP (NYSE: HCP), and simultaneously sold it to Providence Health & Services – California. These events complete the previously disclosed transaction announced on July 1, 2008. The related sale of the Encino campus closed on June 2, 2008.



Also, a Tenet subsidiary sold its interest in a joint venture with HCP. The proceeds of the sales, which were not disclosed, will be used for general corporate purposes.



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