EXHIBIT 23(A)

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the Syncor International Corporation Employees' Savings
and Stock Ownership Plan, as Amended and Restated, of our report dated August 6,
2002, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Cardinal Health, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Cardinal
Health, Inc. for the years ended June 30, 2001 and 2000, were audited by
auditors who have ceased operations. Those auditors expressed an unqualified
opinion on those statements in their report dated July 27, 2001.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Columbus, Ohio
January 3, 2003