CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedCath Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH) will host a conference call Thursday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss results from its first quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008. The company will issue a press release announcing those results prior to the earnings call. 

    What:              First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

    When:              10:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

    How:               Dial-in conference call
                       (877) 697-5351 (domestic callers),
                       (706) 634-0602 (international callers)
                       Conference ID:  82073996

                       Live web cast at www.medcath.com

    Contacts:          O. Edwin French, President & CEO
                       Jeff Hinton, CFO

The conference call will be archived and accessible by dialing (800) 642-1687 (domestic callers) or (706) 645-9291 (international callers). The archived conference ID is 82073996. The call will be accessible until 11:59 p.m. ET on Mar. 5, 2009. It also will be available on the company's web site (www.medcath.com) on or immediately following Feb. 5 for 30 days.

MedCath Corporation, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuity services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease being a primary service offering. MedCath owns an interest in and operates nine hospitals with a total of 676 licensed beds, located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Texas. MedCath is in the process of developing its tenth hospital, which is anticipated to open in fall 2009, in Kingman, Ariz. In addition, MedCath and its subsidiary MedCath Partners provide services in diagnostic and therapeutic facilities in various states.

SOURCE MedCath Corporation