EXHIBIT 23.6

                                    CONSENT

    I  hereby consent to  the reference to  me under the  caption "The Merger --
Terms of  the  Merger  --  Directors  and Principal  Officers  of  NME"  in  the
Information Statement on Schedule 14C of American Medical Holdings, Inc. ("AMH")
and  in the Prospectus forming a part  of the Registration Statement on Form S-4
of National Medical Enterprises, Inc. ("NME") relating to the merger of AMH with
and into NME.

Date: January 27, 1995
                                                  /s/ THOMAS J. PRITZKER

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                                                    Thomas J. Pritzker