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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Province Healthcare Company of our report dated December 5, 1999,
with respect to the combined balance sheet of Minden Medical Center and Trinity
Valley Medical Center including certain medical office buildings and other
healthcare businesses related to the operations of these hospitals (collectively
the Tenet Province Hospitals) as of May 31, 1999, and the related combined
statements of operations and changes in ownership equity and cash flows for the
year then ended, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A Amendment No. 1 of
Province Healthcare Company dated December 17, 1999.

                                             /s/ KPMG LLP


Dallas, Texas
January 23, 2001