KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan 2, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that it completed the acquisition of two acute care hospitals effective January 1, 2002. North Penn Hospital is a 150-licensed bed community hospital in Hatfield Township in rapidly growing Montgomery County north of Philadelphia. Lancaster Community Hospital in Lancaster, California, is a 117-licensed bed hospital. Lancaster, northeast of Los Angeles, is also a rapidly growing community. Combined net revenues of the two acquired hospitals is approximately $90 million.

Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating in 22 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and France. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE: UHT).

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