Exhibit 5.1



                         [ROPES & GRAY LLP LETTERHEAD]



                                October 30, 2003





Ardent Health Services, Inc.
One Burton Hills Blvd., Suite 250
Nashville, TN 37215

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") filed by
Ardent Health Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Parent"),
Ardent Health Services, Inc. (the "Company") and the other registrants named
therein (together with the Parent, collectively the "Guarantors") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on or about the date hereof. The
Registration Statement includes a prospectus (the "Prospectus") which will
provide for the issuance by the Company in an exchange offer (the "Exchange
Offer") of up to $225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company's 10%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Exchange Notes"), which will be offered
by the Company in exchange for up to a like principal amount of the Company's
outstanding 10% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Original Notes"). The
Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 19,
2003 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Indenture"),
between the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"). Payment of the Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by the
Guarantors pursuant to Article 11 of the Indenture and such guarantees will be
evidenced by a Notation of Guarantee attached to the Exchange Notes (the
"Guarantees").

         We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the issuance
of the Exchange Notes. We have examined originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents and records and have
made such investigation of fact and such examination of law as we have deemed
appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. In
conducting such investigation, we have relied, without independent verification,
upon certificates of officers of the Company and the other registrants named in
the Registration Statement, public officials and other appropriate persons.

         In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that (a)
each of the Guarantors that is not a corporation or limited liability company
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware has been duly organized and is
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of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) the Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto, (c) the Exchange Notes
and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the parties thereto, (d)
the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, the Exchange Notes and
the Guarantees by each of the parties thereto do not and will not violate any
applicable laws (excepting the laws of the State of New York, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United
States of America) and (e) the Indenture is the valid and legally binding
obligation of the Trustee.

         The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters governed by the
laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

         Based upon the foregoing and subject to the additional qualifications
set forth below:

         1. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and have been
delivered against receipt of the Original Notes surrendered in exchange therefor
upon completion of the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms.

         2. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and have been
delivered against receipt of the Original Notes surrendered in exchange therefor
upon completion of the Exchange Offer, and the Guarantees have been duly
executed, delivered and attached to the Exchange Notes in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture, the Guarantees will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in
accordance with their terms.

         Our opinions set forth above are subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar laws of
general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and (ii)
general principles of equity, regardless of whether applied in proceedings in
equity or at law.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and the use of our name under the caption "Legal Matters"
in the Prospectus. By giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act.




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                                       Sincerely,

                                       /s/ Ropes & Gray LLP

                                       Ropes & Gray LLP