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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
of Meditrust on Form S-8 of our reports dated January 29, 1996 on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements of Meditrust as of December 31, 1995 and
1994 and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, which reports 
are included or incorporated by reference in the Meditrust Annual Report on 
Form 10-K dated February 29, 1996. Our report on the 1995 consolidated
financial statements of Meditrust appears in Meditrust's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated January 29, 1996. We also consent to the reference to our 
firm under the caption "Experts."




                                    /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.



Boston, Massachusetts
March 5, 1996