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A New Hampshire Hospital Stays Out of a 21 Billion Dollar Sale

By David Darman on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

The corporation that owns Portsmouth Regional Hospital has been sold to a consortium of private equity groups.

HCA Incorporated shareholders today voted overwhelmingly for the 21 billion dollar sale at their annual meeting in Tennessee.

Despite the company's switch in ownership, Portsmouth Regional isn't being sold.

A local group on the Seacoast got the sale postponed, because it claimed to have the right to buy the hospital before anyone else.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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