EXHIBIT 5.1


                         [ROPES & GRAY LLP LETTERHEAD]


                                December 12, 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) the
Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee and (b) the
execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, the Exchange Notes and the
Guarantees by each of the parties





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thereto do not and will not violate any applicable laws (excepting the laws of
the State of New York 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.

         The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters governed by the
laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of
America. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent
upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Delaware or the State of
Tennessee, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon the opinion
to you dated the date hereof of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC. Insofar as
the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed
by the laws of the State of California, we have relied, without independent
investigation, upon the opinion to you dated the date hereof of Thelen Reid &
Priest LLP. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent
upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Kentucky, we have relied,
without independent investigation, upon the opinion to you dated the date hereof
of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein
relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of
Nevada, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon the opinion to
you dated the date hereof of Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Insofar as the opinions
expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of
the State of New Mexico, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon
the opinion to you dated the date hereof of Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. Insofar
as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters
governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, we have relied, without independent
investigation, upon the opinion to you dated the date hereof of Walter &
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relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of
Virginia, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon the opinion to
you dated the date hereof of Troutman Sanders LLP.

         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.


                                       Sincerely,



                                       /s/ Ropes & Gray LLP