EXHIBIT 23.2
                        Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm as "Experts" in Item 3 of the
Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated February 26, 1999, with respect to combined financial statements of
Triad Hospitals, Inc. and its subsidiaries included in Triad's Registration
Statement on Form 10 at December 31, 1998 and 1997 and for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                                         Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
May 10, 1999