SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549





                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





                                October 11, 1996
                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)




                             CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)






                OHIO                 0-12591              31-0958666
           (STATE OR OTHER         (COMMISSION           (IRS EMPLOYER
           JURISDICTION OF         FILE NUMBER)       IDENTIFICATION NO.)
           INCORPORATION)


                5555 GLENDON COURT, DUBLIN, OHIO             43016
            (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)       (ZIP CODE)



                                  (614) 717-5000
               (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)







         ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS

                   Following a special meeting of stockholders held on
         October 11, 1996, in which the stockholders of PCI Services,
         Inc., a Delaware corporation ("PCI"), voted upon and approved
         and adopted an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July
         23, 1996, by and among PCI, Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio
         corporation ("Cardinal"), Panther Merger Corp., a Delaware
         corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal
         ("Subcorp") and MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation,
         Subcorp was merged with and into PCI (the "Merger") and PCI
         became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal.  As a result of
         the Merger, each share of PCI common stock, $0.001 par value
         ("PCI Common Stock"), was converted into 0.336 of a Cardinal
         common share, without par value ("Cardinal Common Shares"),
         with cash in lieu of fractional shares.  It is anticipated
         that approximately 2,244,900 Cardinal Common Shares will be
         issued pursuant to the Merger to former stockholders of PCI,
         including shares issuable upon exercise of options to
         purchase Cardinal Common Shares into which outstanding
         options to purchase PCI Common Stock were converted in the
         Merger.  

                   PCI is an international provider of diversified
         packaging services to the pharmaceutical industry in the
         United States and Europe.  PCI provides integrated packaging
         services to manufacturers which include packaging of
         prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and other
         health care products, production of folding cartons, and
         printing of product inserts which are enclosed in
         pharmaceutical packages.  PCI operates ten production
         facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, Germany and the
         United Kingdom, which enable it to meet the diverse and
         changing needs of its pharmaceutical customers.

















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                                   SIGNATURE


                   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this
         report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
         duly authorized.

                                       CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.


         Dated:  October 18, 1996      By:/s/ George H. Bennett, Jr.
                                          ---------------------------
                                          George H. Bennett, Jr.
                                          Executive Vice President,
                                            General Counsel and
                                            Secretary