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                                 EXHIBIT 23.7
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                    CONSENT OF CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION


         We hereby consent to the use, as Appendix B to the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration Statement on Form
S-4 of Vencor, Inc. (the "Registration Statement"), of our opinion letter dated
August 11, 1995, and to the references to us in the said Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus under the captions "Summary" and "The Merger, - Background
of the Merger, - Reasons for the Merger, Recommendations of the Boards of
Directors and - Opinions of Financial Advisors."

         This consent does not constitute a consent under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933 since, in permitting our letter to be so included and
such references to be made, we have not prepared or certified any part of the
Registration Statement and do not otherwise come within the category of persons
whose consent is required under said Section 7.




                                        CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION



                                        By: /s/ W. Robert Dahl
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                                        Name:  W. Robert Dahl
                                        Title: Managing Director



New York, New York
August 11, 1995