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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Earl R. Refsland as his true and lawful
attorney-in fact and agent, each with full power of substitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2001 Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, and ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or
his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.



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