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not been in any respect altered, revised or repealed, and that the resolution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 24th day of
January, 1996.

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