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[Dewey Ballantine Letterhead]
August 10, 1999
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (CIK No. 0001074772)
Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-4
Registration No. 333-84755-02
Ladies and Gentleman:
Pursuant to Rule 477(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we hereby
request the withdrawal of the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (CIK No. 0001074772)
registration statement on Form S-4 (file No. 333-84755-02), which was submitted
to and accepted by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 1999
(Accession Number 0000950130-99-004629). Although LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. was
not intended to be a part of this filing, the filing codes for LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. were inadvertently included in the related submission header.
Therefore, we request that this Form S-4 filing be withdrawn from the Securities
and Exchange Commission's database for the aforementioned co-registrant only.
The remaining co-registrants were properly included in the filing and should not
be withdrawn.
Sincerely,
/s/ Dewey Ballantine LLP
