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Webcast Alert: HCA, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting

May 25, 2006

(NYSE: HCA)

HCA Annual Shareholders Meeting

What: HCA Annual Shareholders Meeting

When: Thursday, May 25 @ 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Where: HCA Corporate Office

How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address below.

http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=32949

Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast:

The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx and at least a 56.6Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an E-mail to: [email protected].

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding HCA's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.

Mark Kimbrough, VP - Investor Relations of HCA Inc., +1-615-344-2688