content: Total Number of Pages:  5
  Exhibit Index on Sequential Page No.:  3
  
  
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
  Washington, D.C.  20549
  
  FORM 8-K
  
  CURRENT REPORT
  
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):    November 24, 1995   
  
  
                          ORNDA HEALTHCORP                
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                             DELAWARE                         
            (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
         0-11290                            75-1776092              
  (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  3401 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee      37203
  (Address of principal executive office)       (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (615) 383-8599<PAGE>
  
  Item 5.   Other Events.
  
       The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the description of the
  matter set forth in its news release dated November 24, 1995  (such news release
  being Exhibit 99 attached hereto).
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
       99   Registrant's news release dated November 24, 1995.
  
  
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  ORNDA HEALTHCORP
  
  (Signature)
  Ronald P. Soltman
  Senior Vice President
  
  Date:     November 27, 1995<PAGE>
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                      Sequential
  No.       Subject Matter                                              Page No.
  
  99        Registrant's news release dated November 24, 1995 . . . . . . . . . 4<PAGE>
  
                                                                       Exhibit 99<PAGE>
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  Contact:   Keith B. Pitts
             Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                or
             Tripp Pilgrim
             Director of Investor Relations
             OrNda HealthCorp
             (615) 383-8599
  
                      ORNDA SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 
                           HOUSTON NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 
  
         NASHVILLE, Tennessee (November 24, 1995) -- OrNda HealthCorp (Nasdaq NM:
  ORND) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the
  controlling equity interests in Houston Northwest Medical Center, Inc. (HNMC)
  from the hospital's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).  HNMC's principal
  asset is Houston Northwest Medical Center, a 498-bed tertiary care hospital in
  Houston, Texas. 
  
         OrNda already owns preferred stock and mortgage debt of HNMC valued at
  $73.8 million on OrNda's balance sheet as of August 31, 1995.  Following the
  transaction, HNMC would be a wholly owned subsidiary of OrNda.  The total cost
  of the proposed transaction will be approximately $154 million, as previously
  disclosed.  The transaction is subject to approval from the ESOP trustee and the
  holders of the HNMC capital stock and other customary conditions.
  
         Charles N. Martin, Jr., Chairman and CEO of OrNda, commented, "We are
  very excited about the addition of Houston Northwest Medical Center to OrNda. 
  Northwest is an outstanding facility and brings to OrNda the dominant provider
  in the northwest Houston market."
  
         OrNda HealthCorp, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the third largest
  investor-owned hospital management company in the United States.  It is a
  leading provider of health care services, delivering a broad range of inpatient
  and outpatient health care services principally through the operation of 47
  hospitals located in urban and suburban communities in 14 states.
                                    
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text: Total Number of Pages:  5
  Exhibit Index on Sequential Page No.:  3
  
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
  Washington, D.C.  20549
  
  FORM 8-K
  
  CURRENT REPORT
  
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):    November 24, 1995   
  
                          ORNDA HEALTHCORP                
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                             DELAWARE                         
            (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
         0-11290                            75-1776092              
  (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  3401 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee      37203
  (Address of principal executive office)       (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (615) 383-8599
  Item 5.   Other Events.
  
       The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the description of the
  matter set forth in its news release dated November 24, 1995  (such news release
  being Exhibit 99 attached hereto).
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
       99   Registrant's news release dated November 24, 1995.
  
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  ORNDA HEALTHCORP
  
  (Signature)
  Ronald P. Soltman
  Senior Vice President
  
  Date:     November 27, 1995
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                      Sequential
  No.       Subject Matter                                              Page No.
  
  99        Registrant's news release dated November 24, 1995 . . . . . . . . . 4
  Exhibit 99
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  Contact:   Keith B. Pitts
             Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                or
             Tripp Pilgrim
             Director of Investor Relations
             OrNda HealthCorp
             (615) 383-8599
  
                      ORNDA SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 
                           HOUSTON NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 
  
         NASHVILLE, Tennessee (November 24, 1995) -- OrNda HealthCorp (Nasdaq NM:
  ORND) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the
  controlling equity interests in Houston Northwest Medical Center, Inc. (HNMC)
  from the hospital's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).  HNMC's principal
  asset is Houston Northwest Medical Center, a 498-bed tertiary care hospital in
  Houston, Texas. 
  
         OrNda already owns preferred stock and mortgage debt of HNMC valued at
  $73.8 million on OrNda's balance sheet as of August 31, 1995.  Following the
  transaction, HNMC would be a wholly owned subsidiary of OrNda.  The total cost
  of the proposed transaction will be approximately $154 million, as previously
  disclosed.  The transaction is subject to approval from the ESOP trustee and the
  holders of the HNMC capital stock and other customary conditions.
  
         Charles N. Martin, Jr., Chairman and CEO of OrNda, commented, "We are
  very excited about the addition of Houston Northwest Medical Center to OrNda. 
  Northwest is an outstanding facility and brings to OrNda the dominant provider
  in the northwest Houston market."
  
         OrNda HealthCorp, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the third largest
  investor-owned hospital management company in the United States.  It is a
  leading provider of health care services, delivering a broad range of inpatient
  and outpatient health care services principally through the operation of 47
  hospitals located in urban and suburban communities in 14 states.
                                    
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