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Webcast Alert: HCA Special Shareholder Meeting Webcast

November 14, 2006

HCA (NYSE: HCA) Special Shareholder Meeting Webcast

What: HCA Special Shareholder Meeting Webcast

When: November 16, 2006, 11:00am, Nashville time

Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=36681

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

Contact: Mark Kimbrough

Vice President, Investor Relations

615-344-1168

Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast:

The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com and at least a 56Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the webcast, 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, Vice President,
Investor Relations, of HCA,
+1-615-344-1168