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Exhibit 10(i)    
    


[Tenet
Healthcare Corporation Letterhead] 


Personal & Confidential  


January 3,
2006 


Mr. Tim
Pullen

[Home address omitted] 


Dear
Tim: 


As
you know, in the wake of the departure of Bob Shapard, CFO, you have been asked by the Company to act as Interim CFO until a successor is identified. 



We
anticipate that the search will include both internal and external candidates, and that a national search will take approximately 6-9 months. Upon the hiring of a CFO, you will
assist with the on-boarding process of the new CFO and will assist with the completion and submission of all SEC financial filings. 


As
part of your contract with Tenet, you are eligible to receive severance benefits under the Tenet Executive Severance Protection Plan (TESPP) in the event of a Qualifying Termination. You are also
eligible to receive early retirement benefits under the Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan (SERP) provided you remain employed or are in the TESPP severance period through age 55 (which will occur on April 21, 2010). 



At
its meeting on November 2, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the following actions with respect to your compensation and benefits: 


	•
	Upon
assuming the Interim CFO role on November 7, an adjustment in base salary to $440,000 (a 10% increase). This base salary level will not be reduced upon
completion of the Interim CFO assignment.



	•
	If
an external CFO is hired, and you have satisfactorily assisted with the on-boarding process and the completion and submission of regularly scheduled SEC
financial filings for a mutually agreed upon period of time not to exceed one-year in duration from the date of the new CFO's hiring (i.e., a Transition Period), then the Company will
provide you with a one-time right to voluntarily terminate your employment at the end of the Transition Period and receive your TESPP benefits with the following Special Provision:



	•
	Special
Provision: If you voluntarily terminate or are terminated by the Company without cause at the end of the Transition Period, and if the
normal two-year TESPP period to which you are entitled ends prior to April 21, 2010 (i.e., your 55th birthday), then your TESPP period will be extended to
April 21, 2010. However, the value of your severance benefit would be capped at two years base salary plus target bonus to which you are normally entitled and will be spread over the number of
months of the TESPP period (i.e., until April 21, 2010).



	•
	For
example, if you terminate 36 months prior to April 21, 2010, then the normal value of your TESPP benefit (i.e., 24 months
base + target bonus) will be spread over a 36-month period such that the total benefit paid over 36 months is equal in value to 24 months
base + target bonus. 









Tim,
as we've discussed, the intention of the Special Provision is to provide you with the flexibility to voluntarily leave Tenet prior to age 55 (subject to the conditions discussed above) without a
reduction in the SERP benefit you would have received had you remained at Tenet and retired at age 55. 










If
the foregoing terms are acceptable to you, please sign one copy of this letter at the place indicated and return it to me. The other copy is for your files. 



	Sincerely,	 	ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:	 	 
	

/s/  RICHARD J. FINE      	
 	

/s/  TIM PULLEN      	
 	

1/3/06
	 	 	 	

	Richard Fine

VP, Compensation and Benefits	 	Tim Pullen	 	Date













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