Exhibit 24(b)

                        CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY
                                     OF
                              ORNDA HEALTHCORP


     I, Ronald P. Soltman, Secretary of OrNda HealthCorp, do hereby certify that
the following is a true and correct copy of a resolution passed by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation on January 19, 1996, and that this resolution is
still in full force and effect and as of the date hereof has not been in any
respect altered, revised or repealed, and that the resolution does not in any
manner contravene the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the
Corporation:

      RESOLVED, that each officer and director of the Corporation who may be
required to execute such Registration Statement or any amendment thereof
(whether on behalf of the Corporation or as an officer or director thereof)
be and hereby is authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing Keith
B. Pitts and Ronald P. Soltman, and each of them, as true and lawful
attorneys and agents, to execute in his name, place and stead (in any such
capacity) said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Commission, each of said attorneys and agents to have power to act with or 
without the other and to have the full power and authority to do and perform
in the name and on behalf of each of said officers and directors, or both, as
the case may be, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done as
fully and to all intents and purposes as any such officer or director might
or could do in person;

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of January,
1996.

                              /s/ Ronald P. Soltman
                              Ronald P. Soltman
                              Secretary