EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-130337) on Form S-8 of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. of our report dated
February 24, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Medical
Properties Trust, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity
(deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended and for the period from
inception (August 27, 2003) to December 31, 2003, and the related financial
statement schedules, which report appears in the December 31, 2005 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Birmingham, Alabama
March 29,2006