EXHIBIT 23.2

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-54238) pertaining to the Triad
Hospitals, Inc. Executive Stock Purchase Plan and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated August 4, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Quorum Health Group, Inc. and
subsidiaries incorporated by reference in Triad Hospitals, Inc.'s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed May 11, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
May 9, 2001