Exhibit 23.1

                        Independent Accountants' Consent

The Board of Managers
Ardent Health Services LLC:

We consent to the use of our report dated July 3, 2003 included herein and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

Our report refers to a change in accounting for goodwill and other intangible
assets in 2002.

Our report refers to the Capitalization of the Company effective August 1, 2001.
The Capitalization of the Company resulted in a reduction to the historical book
value of certain assets of the Predecessor Company. As a result of the
Capitalization, the consolidated financial information for the periods
subsequent to the Capitalization - August 1, 2001, is presented on a different
cost basis than that for the periods before the Capitalization and, therefore,
is not comparable to the Predecessor Company's pre-capitalization consolidated
financial information.


(Signed) KPMG LLP
Nashville, Tennessee
October 30, 2003