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Groundbreaking Held in Brownsville for Solara Hospital

BROWNSVILLE, March 21, 2006  – Solara Healthcare, a Dallas/Fort Worth based long-term acute care hospital company, Valley Baptist Health System and local community physicians broke ground for Solara Hospital Brownsville on March 20, 2006. Construction will begin immediately.

Solara Hospital Brownsville is a 41-bed hospital (with a 6-bed ICU) serving Brownsville and surrounding communities. Patients will be accepted for admission to the hospital beginning in the winter of 2006-07.

Solara Hospital Brownsville will be located at 333 Lorenaly Drive, just east of Expressway 77 in north Brownsville.  Solara Healthcare officials estimate the new hospital will create 120 new jobs and contribute an estimated $10 million each year to the Brownsville economy.

Solara Healthcare’s CEO Ken Ross stated, “We are pleased with the opportunity to partner with community physicians and local hospitals to bring extended hospitalization services to the Brownsville community.”

James Springfield, CEO of Valley Baptist Health System, said, “Our new hospital, in partnership with physicians and Solara Healthcare will provide a service previously unavailable in Brownsville. The new hospital continues Valley Baptist’s goal of expanding services to better serve the community.”

Solara currently operates hospitals in McAllen, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Shawnee, Oklahoma; and has several hospitals in development in Texas and Oklahoma. For additional information on Solara, please call (682) 831-9670 or click here.