1997 Highlights

• Achieved record revenues, net income and earnings per share
  
  
• Acquired George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., a 501-bed teaching hospital, in partnership with The University
  
  
• Opened the new 129-bed Edinburg Regional Medical Center in Texas, and the new 148-bed Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas

• Opened two new Renaissance Centers for Women, in Austin, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  
  
• Announced the acquisition of three hospitals in Puerto Rico
  
  
• McAllen Medical Center was recognized as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals in a study conducted by HCIA and William M. Mercer
  
  
• UHS stock price reached an all-time high, up 76% during 1997