POWER OF ATTORNEY



          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jan Stern

Reed, Marla S. Persky. and William M. Link, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-

fact to:

(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer

and/or director of Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare Corporation or Baxter World Trade

Corporation (collectively "Baxter") Forms 3, 4, 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 under Rule 144 under the Securities

Act of 1933;

(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144 and complete and

execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file any such form with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,

the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's

discretion.

 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the

undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,

shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Baxter assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144 of the

Securities Act of 1933.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file

Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Baxter,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this 1st day of September, 2004.



Albert P. L. Stroucken