UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                  -against- LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER and      NORTH SHORE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.,                   Defendant.

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Civil Case No. VERIFICATION OF COMPLAINT

I, Steven Kramer, declare:

1. I am a trial attorney employed by the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

2. I verify that the foregoing Verified Complaint for and on behalf of the United States of America was duly prepared under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States; that the facts stated therein have been assembled by authorized employees and counsel for the United States of America; and that the allegations therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 1997.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________/s/________________ Steven B. Kramer (9152) Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 307-0997 Facsimile: (202) 514-1517