EXHIBIT 32.1

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr., as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Baxter International Inc. (the "Company"), certifies, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

          (1)  the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
               period ended June 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and
               Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report") fully
               complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities
               Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of the Company.


/s/ Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.
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Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
August 13, 2003