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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.2


                       INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
The Hillhaven Corporation:


   
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statement on Form S-4 of Vencor, Inc. of Vencor, Inc. of our
report dated July 8, 1994 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
The Hillhaven Corporation and subsidiaries as of May 31, 1994 and 1993, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and
stockholders' equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended
May 31, 1994, and all related schedules, which report appears in the
May 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of The Hillhaven Corporation and to
the reference to our firm under the headings "Selected Historical Consolidated 
and Combined Financial Data--Hillhaven," "The Merger--Conditions" and "Experts"
in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
    

Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for income taxes
effective June 1, 1992.

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

   
Seattle, Washington
May 15, 1995