CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in 
the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Tenet 
Healthcare Corporation for the registration of 1,810,000 shares of the common 
stock of Tenet Healthcare Corporation and to the incorporation by reference 
of our report dated October 25, 1996 with respect to the consolidated 
financial statements of OrNda HealthCorp at August 31, 1996 and 1995, and for 
each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 1996, incorporated by 
reference in the Tenet Healthcare Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K 
dated February 12, 1997.

                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Nashville, Tennessee
May 6, 1997











                                 EXHIBIT 23 (b)