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Exhibit 12
MedCath Corporation
Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars in thousands)
                                         
    Fiscal Year Ended September 30,  
    2001     2002     2003     2004     2005  
Earnings:
                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest, income taxes and discontinued operations
  $ 15,528     $ 38,209     $ (51,779 )   $ 8,673     $ 30,144  
Equity method investment earnings (losses)
    (2,119 )     3,007       3,541       3,540       3,356  
 
                             
 
    17,647       35,202       (55,320 )     5,133       26,787  
 
                                       
Add:
                                       
Fixed charges
    26,659       25,141       27,415       28,726       33,374  
Amortization of capitalized interest
    194       250       279       361       313  
Distributed income of equity investees
    84       143       236       3,416       2,888  
Less:
                                       
Capitalized interest
          1,241       1,241       612        
Minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges
    4,869       8,356       3,815       456       1,540  
 
                             
 
                                       
Earnings as adjusted
  $ 39,715     $ 51,139     $ (32,446 )   $ 36,568     $ 61,822  
 
                             
 
                                       
Fixed Charges:
                                       
Third party interest expense
  $ 24,876     $ 22,282     $ 24,399     $ 26,004     $ 31,341  
Capitalized interest
          1,241       1,241       612        
Amortization of loan acquisition costs
    1,519       1,314       1,458       1,760       1,602  
Estimate of the interest within rental expense
    264       304       317       350       431  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total fixed charges
  $ 26,659     $ 25,141     $ 27,415     $ 28,726     $ 33,374  
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges/ (excess of fixed charges over earnings)
    1.49x       2.03x       (59,861 )     1.27x       1.85x