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been in any respect altered, revised or repealed, and that the resolution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