Exhibit 99.2


                   MERIDIAN HEALTHCARE GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
                               LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               18 U.S.C. ss. 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002







In connection with the filing of Meridian Healthcare Growth and Income Fund
Limited Partnership's (the "Fund") Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ending June 30, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, George V. Hager, Jr., the Chief Financial Officer of
Meridian Healthcare Investments, Inc., Development General Partner of the Fund,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of
                  section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
                  of 1934; and

         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                  operations of the Fund.



By: ____________________

George V. Hager, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
Meridian Healthcare Investments, Inc.
Development General Partner
August 6, 2002