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EXHIBIT 12.1

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)

																	Year Ended December 31,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
		Year Ended May 31,
														Seven Months Ended Dec 31, 2002
		1999			2000			2001			2002						2002			2003			2003			2004
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		$	90		$	154		$	550		$	661		$	721		$	1,196		$	(1,287	)	$	(310	)	$	(301	)
Less: equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates			(3	)		9			4			7			3			7			16			8			14
Minority interests			(3	)		(14	)		(6	)		(24	)		(10	)		(21	)		(21	)		(21	)		(6	)
Add:
	Cash dividends received from unconsolidated affiliates		4			3			4			4			2			3			4			3			3
	Portion of rents representative of interest		66			64			50			52			30			52			54			40			43
	Interest, net of capitalized portion		481			477			452			324			144			261			294			219			242
	Amortization of previously capitalized interest		5			6			6			7			4			7			7			5			6
Earnings (loss), as adjusted			652			709			1,064			1,065			908			1,533			(923	)(1)		(30	)(1)		(15	)(1)
Fixed charges:
Interest, net of capitalized portion			481			477			452			324			144			261			294			219			242
Capitalized interest			20			29			8			9			4			8			12			9			8
Portion of rents representative of interest			66			64			50			52			30			52			54			40			43
Total fixed charges		$	567		$	570		$	510		$	385		$	178		$	321		$	360		$	268		$	293
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:			1.1			1.2			2.1			2.8			5.1			4.8			—			—			—

(1)

Earnings (loss), as adjusted, were insufficient to cover fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the nine-months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 by $1,283 million, $298 million and $308 million, respectively, to provide a one-to-one ratio.

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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)