Exhibit 99.2

                   [ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC. LOGO]

                      ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
                       HIRES NEW INDEPENDENT AUDITING FIRM

NEW YORK--July 11, 2006--Allied Healthcare International Inc. (NASDAQ: AHCI;
AIM: AHI), one of the United Kingdom's leading providers of flexible healthcare
staffing services, has engaged Eisner LLP, an independent member of Baker Tilly
International, as the Company's new independent auditing firm. Eisner will
replace KPMG Audit Plc, effective immediately. The transition from KPMG Audit
Plc was not the result of any disagreement between the two companies on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures,
or auditing scope or procedures.

ABOUT ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Allied Healthcare International Inc. (http://www.alliedhealthcare.com) is a
leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom.
Allied operates a community-based network of approximately 100 branches with the
capacity to provide carers (known as home health aides in the U.S.), nurses, and
specialized medical personnel to locations covering approximately 90% of the
U.K. population. Allied meets the needs of Private Patients, Community Care,
Nursing Homes and Hospitals. The company also supplies medical-grade oxygen for
use in respiratory therapy to the U.K. pharmacy market and Northern Ireland and
oxygen concentrators to customers in Northern Ireland. Following the award of
the new oxygen contracts, the Company now also provides unified oxygen services
directly to customers in the South East of England.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT

Certain statements contained in this news release may be forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations
and projections about future events. Actual results could differ materially from
those discussed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the
forward-looking statements include: Allied's ability to continue to recruit and
retain qualified flexible healthcare staff; ability to enter into contracts with
hospitals and other healthcare facility customers on terms attractive to Allied;
the general level of patient occupancy at hospital and healthcare facilities of
Allied's customers; the ability to successfully implement acquisition and
integration strategies; dependence on the proper functioning of Allied's
information systems; the effect of existing or future government regulation of
the healthcare industry, and ability to comply with these regulations; the
impact of medical malpractice and other claims asserted against Allied; the
effect of regulatory change that may apply to Allied and that may increase costs
and reduce revenue and profitability; the ability to use net operating loss
carry forwards to offset net income; and the impairment of goodwill, of which
Allied has a substantial amount on the balance sheet, may have the effect of
decreasing earnings or increasing losses. Other factors that could cause actual
results to differ from those implied by the



forward-looking statements in this
press release include those described in Allied's most recently filed SEC
documents, such as its most recent annual report on Form 10-K, all quarterly
reports on form 10-Q and any current reports on Form 8-K filed since the date of
the last Form 10-K. Allied undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.


CONTACT:
Allied Healthcare International Inc.
Paul Weston, Interim Chief Financial Officer
212-750-0064
paulweston@alliedhealthcare.com

Investors:
The Investor Relations Group
Adam Holdsworth, 212-825-3210
aholdsworth@investorrelationsgroup.com




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