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Community Health Systems Divests Hospital in Nashville, Georgia.


Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:CYH CYH Check Your Head (youth driven organization in Canada)
CYH Consider Yourself Hugged
) announced today the sale of Berrien County Berrien County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for John M. Berrien:
  • Berrien County, Georgia
  • Berrien County, Michigan
 Hospital, a 63-bed hospital located in Nashville, Georgia Nashville is a city in Berrien County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,697 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Berrien County GR6. Geography
Nashville is located at  (31.
, to Associated Healthcare Systems, Brentwood, Tennessee Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 23,445 as of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 census, and as of 2007, Brentwood's population has increased to over 30,000.

Brentwood is an affluent Nashville suburb.
. The transaction is structured as a sale of stock and includes all owned or leased property in the market and closed effective as of November 1, 2003.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Brentwood, Community Health Systems is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities throughout the country. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 72 hospitals in 22 states. Its hospitals offer a broad range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 under the symbol "CYH."

Statements contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual future events or results may differ materially from these statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Community Health Systems, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent filings which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including execution of our growth, acquisition, and business strategies. These and other applicable risks are summarized under the caption "risk factors" in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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