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[Dewey Ballantine LLP Letterhead]
November 5, 1999
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation (CIK No. 0000860730)
Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-4
Registration No. 333-84755
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we hereby
request the withdrawal of the registration statement on Form S-4 (file No. 333-
84755) (the "Registration Statement") of LifePoint Hospitals Holdings, Inc.
("Holdings"), for the above-captioned co-registrant. The Registration Statement,
which relates to the registration of the 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2009 (the "Notes") of Holdings, was submitted to and accepted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 9, 1999 (Accession Number 0000950130-99-
004629). At the time the Registration Statement was filed, Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation was a limited guarantor of Holdings' obligations under
the Notes, and therefore a co-registrant. However, subsequent to such date,
Columbia/HCA has been fully, unconditionally and irrevocably released from its
obligations as a guarantor of the Notes. Therefore, we request that the
Registration Statement be withdrawn from the Securities and Exchange
Commission's database for the above-captioned co-registrant only. All other co-
registrants remain guarantors of the Notes and should not be withdrawn. The
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primary obligor on the Notes, Holdings, also remains and should not be
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withdrawn.
Sincerely,
/s/ Dewey Ballantine LLP
