Province Healthcare To Present At The Goldman Sachs Twenty Fifth Annual Global Healthcare Conference

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Province Healthcare Company announced that they will make a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Twenty Fifth Annual Global Healthcare Conference to be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California.

Martin S. Rash, Chairman and CEO and Christopher T. Hannon, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will give a presentation on the Company on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 2:40 p.m. (PDT). The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

To access the audio webcast, go to the Province web site, http://www.prhc.net/ and click on the Goldman Sachs conference link. Access to this presentation is public and the audio transmission of Province’s presentation will be available live and by replay for 30 days.

Province Healthcare is a provider of healthcare services in attractive non-urban markets in the United States. The Company owns or leases 19 general acute care hospitals in 12 states with a total of 2,200 licensed beds. The Company also provides management services to 36 non-urban hospitals in 14 states with a total of 3,033 licensed beds.

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CONTACT: Pamela L. Jeter, Vice President, Investor Relations of ProvinceHealthcare Company, +1-615-370-1377