----

**Exhibit        31.1**

**RULE          13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE          OFFICER**

| 1.   | I                        have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Echo                        Healthcare                        Acquisition Corp.; |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 2.   | Based                        on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue                        statement of a                        material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary                        to make the                        statements made, in light of the circumstances under which                        such statements                        were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered                        by this                        report; |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3.   | Based                        on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                        information                        included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                        the                        financial condition, results of operations and cash flows                        of the                        registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this                        report; |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 4.   | The                        registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible                        for                        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                        (as                        defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for                        the registrant                        and have: |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| a.   | Designed                        such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                        controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,                        to ensure                        that material information relating to the registrant, including                        its                        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others                        within those                        entities, particularly during the period in which this report                        is being                        prepared; |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| b.   | Evaluated                        the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls                        and procedures                        and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                        of                        the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of                        the period                        covered by this report based on such evaluation;                        and |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| c.   | Disclosed                        in this report any change in the registrant's internal control                        over                        financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's                        most recent                        fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably                        likely to                        materially affect, the registrant's internal control over                        financial                        reporting; and |
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 5.   | The                        registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,                        based on our                        most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                        reporting, to                        the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the                        registrant's                        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent                        functions): |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| a.   | All                        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design                        or                        operation of internal control over financial reporting which                        are                        reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability                        to record,                        process, summarize and report financial information;                        and |
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| b.   | Any                        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management                        or other                        employees who have a significant role in the registrant's                        internal control                        over financial reporting. |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|