EXHIBIT 23.5


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Joint Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Meditrust Corporation, formerly known as Santa Anita
Realty Enterprises, Inc. and Meditrust Operating Company, formerly known as
Santa Anita Operating Company, of our reports dated January 16, 1997 on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedules of Meditrust as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994.


                                       Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
November 6, 1997