Tenet Announces Date of 2009 Annual Shareholder Meeting

DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that its 2009 annual
shareholder meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, beginning at 8 a.m.
Central Time, at the Westin Galleria Hotel, located at 13340 Dallas Parkway, in
Dallas.

The business of the meeting includes: the election of 10 directors for terms of
one year each; the ratification of the selection of the company`s independent
registered public accountants for the year ending Dec. 31, 2009; a vote on a
shareholder proposal, if properly presented; and the transaction of any other
business that may properly come before the meeting. The deadline for submitting
shareholder proposals and nominations for directors at this year`s meeting has
now passed.

Shareholders of record as of March 16, 2009 will be entitled to vote at the
meeting. A notice of meeting and proxy materials will be mailed to shareholders
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the end of the month.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute
care hospitals and related ancillary health care businesses, which include
ambulatory surgery centers and diagnostic imaging centers. Tenet is committed to
providing high quality care to patients in the communities we serve. Tenet can
be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.

Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking
statements.Such statements are based on our current expectations and could be
affected by numerous factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties
discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2008, our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and periodic reports on Form 8-K.Do not rely on any
forward-looking statement, as we cannot predict or control many of the factors
that ultimately may affect our ability to achieve the results estimated.We make
no promise to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Media:
David Matthews, 469-893-2640
David.Matthews@tenethealth.com
or
Investors:
Thomas Rice, 469-893-2522
Thomas.Rice@tenethealth.com

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