Hadley Memorial Hospital To Be Acquired

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (May 25, 2006) Doctors Community Healthcare Corporation ("DCHC") announced today that they have come to agreement on the sale of PACIN / Hadley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. to Specialty Hospitals of America ("SHA") headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

Specialty Hospitals of America manages, operates and develops high acuity long and short term acute care hospitals and nursing facilities. The company's vision is to provide Focused Centers of Medical Excellence (FCME's) in its managed and owned hospitals and nursing facilities. The basis of this philosophy is to create medical facilities where doctors and staff concentrate on and develop extraordinary expertise in specialty areas... with the combined results of improved patient care and a sustainable business model. Current programs of medical excellence being targeted include Cardiopulmonary & Ventilator Care, Wound Care and Medically Complex Patient Management.

"The acquisition of Hadley Memorial Hospital will allow Specialty Hospitals of America to continue to focus on Long-Term Critical Care in various geographic areas and to support and roll out the concept of Focused Centers of Medical Excellence. Our Centers concentrate on high volumes of Cardiopulmonary Care, Wound Care and Medically Complex Patient Management resulting in high quality and low cost care for the community" states Jim Rappaport, Chairman of SHA. "We view the acquisition of Hadley Memorial Hospital as an excellent step forward in meeting the needs of critical care patients in the Nation's Capitol, as well as nationally." Specialty Hospitals of America also owns and operates The Specialty Hospital of Washington.

Paul Tuft, founder and Chairman of DCHC, noted that "We are very happy that SHA has agreed to purchase Hadley Memorial Hospital. We believe that SHA is an excellent, well capitalized company that has significant experience in long term care and skilled nursing care and that it is committed to continue Hadley's mission in Washington, D.C."

Hadley is accredited by JCAHO and was recognized in the 2005 US News and World Report-Best Hospitals issue for Washington, D.C, Maryland and Virginia. In February of 2005, Hadley was featured in a cover story in Advance Journal of Nursing focusing on improvements in wound care.

The acquisition is targeted to close in August 2006.

DCHC is based in Scottsdale, Arizona and owns acute care hospitals in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and St. Louis. For additional information on DCHC, its mission and its hospitals, please contact the DCHC website at: www.doctorscommunity.com