MedCath Announces Acquisition of Ownership in Arizon...( CHARLOTTE N.C. April 2 2008 /- Me...),Health

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedCath Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH) announced today that MedCath Partners, LLC has acquired a 27.4 percent interest in a joint venture known as Southwest Arizona Heart and Vascular Center, LLC. The joint venture provides cardiac catheterization lab services to Yuma Regional Medical Center (the "Hospital") in Yuma, Arizona under a Management and Service Agreement with the Hospital.

The joint venture will be owned by MedCath and Heart, Lung and Vascular Center of Yuma, Inc., a physician owned entity. The facility is located on the campus of Yuma Regional Medical Center, about 180 miles southwest of Phoenix.

As part of the agreement, MedCath Partners, LLC will assume management of the joint venture. MedCath will also work with the physicians and hospital to add additional capacity to the facility as well as work to add additional services to the outlying community.

"We are very pleased to announce this new partnership with Heart, Lung and Vascular Center of Yuma, Inc.," said Ed French, MedCath's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The top-quality medical staff and hospital and MedCath have a common belief that our collective strengths will add to an already- successful venture. This venture is the fourth added since last summer, confirming our belief that MedCath Partners is a key element in our strategic growth plan for MedCath."

"We are excited about the launch of this partnership with MedCath," said Dr. Khidir Osman with Heart, Lung and Vascular Center of Yuma, Inc. "MedCath clearly shares our commitment to deliver superior cardiovascular services to the Hospital and this region and bring our care to a growing number of patients."

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