Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) (MPW) today announced that it completed on August 16 and August 23, respectively, the acquisitions of the real estate interests of eight UK hospitals operated by Ramsay Health Care and 16 hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. MPT’s financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations.