Fosun Industrial Co., Limited c/o Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. 9th Floor, No.2 East Fuxing Road, Shanghai 200010, PRC Attention: Qiao Yang Roberta Lipson c/o Chindex International, Inc. 4340 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814...

Exhibit 99.17

Fosun Industrial Co., Limited

c/o Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
0xx Xxxxx, Xx.0 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 200010, PRC
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx

Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

c/o Chindex International, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Secretary

April 18, 2014

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Support Agreement (as may be amended, supplemented and restated from time to time, the “Support Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2014, by and among Healthy Harmony Holdings, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Parent”), TPG Asia VI, L.P. (“Sponsor”) and the existing shareholders of Chindex International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), named therein. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Support Agreement.

Whereas, pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Support Agreement, Sponsor, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Significant Stockholder agree to promptly following the date of the Support Agreement use their reasonable best efforts to negotiate and enter into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) which shall reflect the terms set forth in the Term Sheet attached as Exhibit B to the Support Agreement.

Whereas, Sponsor, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Significant Stockholder agree to amend the Shareholders Agreement to reflect the terms set forth in the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit A.

NOW, THEREFORE, Sponsor, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Significant Stockholder hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendment of the Shareholders Agreement.  Promptly following the execution of the Shareholders Agreement, Sponsor, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Significant Stockholder shall amend the Shareholders Agreement to reflect the terms set forth in the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning to the undersigned a copy of this letter agreement.

	Very truly yours,
	TPG ASIA VI, L.P.
	By: TPG Asia GenPar VI, L.P., its general partner
	By: TPG Asia GenPar VI Advisors, Inc., its general partner
	By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Cami
		Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Title:	Vice President

Accepted and agreed:

Fosun Industrial Co., Limited
By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxxx
	Title:	Chairman of the Board of Directors
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]

EXHIBIT A

Term Sheet