Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces Dividend

    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., July 17 /EMWNews/ -- Universal

Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that its Board of

Directors voted to pay a cash dividend of $0.08 per share on September 15,

2008 to shareholders of record as of September 2, 2008.



    Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital

companies, operating, through its subsidiaries, acute care and behavioral

health hospitals, and ambulatory centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico.



    Certain statements in this release may constitute forward-looking

statements and are subject to various risks and uncertainties as discussed

in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The

Company is not obligated to update these forward-looking statements even if

the Company's assessment of these risks and uncertainties changes.



    For additional information on the Company, visit our website;

http://www.uhsinc.com.