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InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. Announces Execution of Agreement for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Services with County of Los Angeles, California

Business Wire, July 8, 2008

LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. ("InSight") (OTCBB:ISGT) today announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of InSight has entered into a long-term agreement with the County of Los Angeles, California to provide magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI") services at four County-owned academic medical centers: Harbor-UCLA, Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.

Kip Hallman, InSight's President and Chief Executive Officer stated: "InSight is pleased to have entered into this agreement with the County of Los Angeles, extending our twenty year relationship for another decade. We are proud to serve these fine academic medical centers, helping them meet their two missions; providing patient care to County patients and training new physicians. We will be installing the latest in MRI equipment at all four hospitals, including GE's state-of-the-art 3.0 Tesla MR 750 system at Harbor UCLA, one of the first fifteen such systems to be installed by General Electric in the world. We appreciate the tremendous confidence the County has demonstrated in our business and services. This agreement is a reflection not only of InSight's combined operational, clinical and technical expertise, but also of the exceptional service that our professionals have continued to provide."

About InSight

InSight, headquartered in Lake Forest, California, is a nationwide provider of diagnostic imaging services. It serves managed care entities, hospitals and other contractual customers in over 30 states, including the following targeted regional markets: California, Arizona, New England, the Carolinas, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic states. As of March 31, 2008, InSight's network consists of 92 fixed-site centers and 111 mobile facilities.

Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing contains forward-looking statements regarding InSight. They reflect InSight's current views with respect to current events and financial performance, are subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to InSight's operations and business environment which may cause the actual results of InSight to be materially different from any future results, express or implied by such forward-looking statements. InSight intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the Safe Harbor created by Section 27(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The words and phrases "expect," "estimate," and "anticipate" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) InSight's ability to successfully implement its core market strategy; (ii) overcapacity and competition in InSight's markets; (iii) reductions, limitations and delays in reimbursement by third-party payors; (iv) contract renewals and financial stability of customers; (v) conditions within the healthcare environment; (vi) the potential for rapid and significant changes in technology and their effect on InSight's operations; (vii) operating, legal, governmental and regulatory risks; and (viii) economic, political and competitive forces affecting InSight's business.

Other risk factors are listed from time to time in InSight's SEC registration statements and reports. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes, or if any of InSight's underlying assumptions is incorrect, InSight's actual results may differ from the results that InSight expresses or implies by any of its forward-looking statements. InSight disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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