POWER OF ATTORNEY



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

Stephanie A. Shinn, David P. Scharf and John M. O'Connor, 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 18th day of March, 2008.



      __/s/ John J. Greisch____________









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