EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
    We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected
Historical Financial Information of OrNda" and "Experts" and to the use of our
report dated October 25, 1996, in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and
related Prospectus of Tenet Healthcare Corporation for the registration of
$800,000,000 Senior Notes due 2005 and $500,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2007.
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Nashville, Tennessee
December 13, 1996