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Houston Northwest Medical Center Caregiver Honored by Tenet Healthcare

Saturday, April 26, 2008 General News
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HOUSTON, April 25 Houston Northwest Medical Centerannounced today that Esther Valdez, a veteran nurse in The Breast Center, hasbeen inducted into the Tenet Heroes Hall of Fame, Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s(NYSE: THC) highest award for caregivers at its hospitals.
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For 35 years, Valdez has been providing exceptional care to her patients.The last nine years she's been working with patients and survivors at HoustonNorthwest's Breast Center. She has become known for always providingextraordinary care to help patients and their families through difficulttimes. Valdez has solidified and increased membership in the breast cancersurvivors support group at Houston Northwest, "Care, Share and Be Aware." Shehas also reached out to the Hispanic community in Houston to teach them aboutthe importance of getting mammograms and performing monthly self-exams.
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"Our Tenet Hero winners represent the best of who we are at Tenet and whatwe do as health care providers in the communities we serve," said TrevorFetter, Tenet's president and chief executive officer. "The passion andquality of care provided by dedicated professionals like Esther serve as aninspiration to us all."

Valdez is one of nine people named into this year's Heroes Hall of Fame.This year's recipients were chosen out of dozens of compelling nominations.Tenet Heroes award winners are nominated by their hospital's leadership teamand selected based on their expertise in providing clinical care, examples ofextraordinary patient care, and comments from colleagues, patients and theirfamilies, and physicians.

About Houston Northwest Medical Center

Houston Northwest Medical Center is located at 710 F.M. 1960 in Houston.Houston Northwest Medical Center has been serving the North Houston communityfor more than 30 years. The hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain Center by theSociety of Chest Pain Centers. Houston Northwest Medical Center ranks amongthe nation's top hospitals for several service lines from HealthGrades, aleading source for independent health care quality information, includingoverall gastrointestinal services, gastrointestinal surgery, stroke, generalsurgery, maternity care, back and neck surgery (spinal fusion), overallcritical care services, and overall pulmonary services. Houston Northwest isalso a Blue Cross/Blue Shield Center for excellence in weight loss surgery. Tolearn more about Houston Northwest Medical Center, a facility accredited bythe Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, visithttp://www.hnmc.com.

About Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), through its subsidiaries, ownsand operates acute care hospitals and related health care services. Tenet'shospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comesthrough their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service. Tenet can befound on the World Wide Web at http://www.tenethealth.com.Contact: Theresa Lewis Houston Northwest Medical Center (281) 440-2444 [email protected]

SOURCE Houston Northwest Medical Center
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