SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 DATED DECEMBER 11, 1996
                      TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 29, 1996
                        RELATING TO 1,814,632 SHARES OF
                         RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.
                         COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE


     All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
prescribed in the Prospectus dated April 29, 1996, as supplemented by Supplement
No. 1 dated May 17, 1996, forming a part of Form S-3 Registration Statement No.
333-3716.

     The Dudley S.J. Seto Revocable Trust Dated 11/19/80, a Selling Stockholder,
has transferred 150,000 of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it
and covered by the Prospectus to The Seto Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of
which Dudley S.J. Seto, M.D. is a director.  Other than Dr. Seto's relationship
to the Company, which is described in the Prospectus, there is no relationship
between The Seto Foundation and the Company.

     Mask Limited Partnership #1, a Selling Stockholder, has transferred 3,500
of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it and covered by the
Prospectus to Henderson Hills Baptist Church.  There is no relationship between
Henderson Hills Baptist Church and the Company.

     The definition of Selling Stockholders is amended hereby to include The
Seto Foundation and Henderson Hills Baptist Church.