• Meridian Renews Bunkie, Louisiana Contract

(Tallahassee, FL / November 7, 2007) Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has entered into an agreement to extend its management of the respiratory care services at Bunkie General Hospital in Bunkie, Louisiana through 2008.

Bunkie General Hospital is a community based, non-profit healthcare provider located in the city of Bunkie and servings the citizens of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.

“Meridian has provided respiratory care services to Bunkie General Hospital since 1974. We are pleased that the hospital’s Board of Directors have elected to continue to work with Meridian to meet the community’s medical needs for respiratory care and cardio-pulmonary diagnostic services,” said Tom R. Futch, Meridian President & CEO.

Meridian Healthcare Group, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of pulmonary medicine providing services to patients in thirty-eight states.

As one of the largest providers of contract therapy and disease state management in the United States, Meridian has built a national network of clinical programs in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, homecare centers, polysomnography laboratories and respiratory pharmacies.

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