DALLAS – Aug. 18, 2006 – Tenet Healthcare Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), and Tenet Southern States announced today that they have awarded $82,500 in one-year college scholarships to 36 children of hospital and regional employees in the Tenet Southern States Region. 

The Children of Tenet Employees Scholarship Program is designed to assist children of Tenet employees pursue a higher education.

For East Cooper Regional Medical Center, the 2006 scholarship recipients, their parents and school are:

Courtney Hunt, daughter of Melanie Cason, Winthrop University

Alyson Murphy, daughter of Juliana Murphy, University of South Carolina    

“With the increasing costs of higher education, the Tenet Healthcare Foundation is happy to assist our employees and their children in achieving their educational goals,” said Maria Martineau Plankinton, director of the Tenet Healthcare Foundation.  “We see these scholarships as an investment in the future.  Congratulations to all of the scholarship recipients for this exceptional achievement.”

This year, the Tenet Healthcare Foundation awarded $288,000 through the Children of Tenet Employees Scholarship program to 139 deserving children of Tenet employees across the country. These scholarships are awarded each year for full-time undergraduate study at any accredited two or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school.  Winners are chosen based on academic record, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience, goals and aspirations stated on the application, unusual personal or family circumstances and an outside appraisal. The program is administered for Tenet by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America in compliance with state and federal guidelines regulating scholarship awards by corporate foundations.

Tenet Southern States, a region of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), comprises 10 acute care hospitals in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina with approximately 2,685 beds and numerous related health care services.  The region includes four hospitals in the greater Atlanta area, five in the Carolinas and one in Birmingham. Tenet Southern States hospitals include Brookwood Medical Center in Alabama; Atlanta Medical Center, North Fulton Regional Hospital, South Fulton Medical Center and Spalding Regional Medical Center in Georgia; Central Carolina Hospital and Frye Regional Medical Center in North Carolina; and East Cooper Regional Medical Center, Hilton Head Regional Medical Center and Piedmont Medical Center in South Carolina. 

Tenet’s hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service.  Tenet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.

Tenet Healthcare Foundation is a charitable foundation sponsored by Tenet Healthcare Corporation.  Endowed by Tenet, the Foundation, directs most of its grants to help unmet health care needs in the communities served by facilities owned by Tenet subsidiaries.  The Foundation also provides grants to various educational, social services, civic and humanities-supporting organizations nationwide.