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Continental Home Healthcare Appoints New Board Member.


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GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2000

(CDNX CDNX

See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX).
:CHT.)

Continental Home Healthcare Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert J. Smith to the Board of Directors effective immediately.

Mr. Smith, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a large teaching hospital affiliated with Dalhousie University.

The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre was formed in 1997 by the provincial government during a health care administration
 in Halifax, Nova Scotia For other uses, see Halifax.
Halifax, Nova Scotia may refer to any of the following:
  • Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada
, has over 25 years experience in the health administration field. The Queen Elizabeth II is the largest Health Centre east of Montreal providing specialized care, teaching and research, and hospital services. Mr. Smith's expertise includes the administration of budgets over $300 million, strategic planning, organization of senior management teams and strong fiscal management. His educational background includes an MBA and a B.Comm from the University of British Columbia Locations
Vancouver
The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7.
. Mr. Smith currently sits on several boards including the Canadian Telehealth Society and the Association of Canadian Teaching Hospitals.

The Company is also delighted to announce the promotion of Greg Apostolou to the position of Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of Bernard Harrison to Director of Canadian Operations. Mr. Apostolou, a CPA with over ten years of finance and accounting experience, joined the Company in 1998. As a former VP of Finance for a security provider, he coordinated the acquisition and assimilation of 13 companies over an 18-month period. While Mr. Harrison, a Certified General Accountant Certified General Accountant (CGA) is a professional designation representing members of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada), provincial and territorial CGA Associations as well as CGA Associations overseas. , has extensive experience stemming from his former position as a controller of a large retail shopping and management company. He has been with Continental since 1995.

Robert Thornton, President and CEO of Continental, conveyed his pleasure with the new appointments as they result from the recent rapid growth and expansion of the Company. Mr. Thornton added, Continental's biggest asset is its people and we are building a strong and dynamic team to propel the Company forward.

Continental Home Healthcare Ltd. is a provider of healthcare equipment such as hospital beds, custom power and manual wheelchairs, scooters, bathroom safety products, ambulatory aids, and aids for daily living sold to individuals and healthcare institutions. Branches are located in Glendale and Indian Wells, California Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), in between Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,816.

It has the highest proportion of millionaires of any city in the United States.
; Las Vegas, Nevada; Penticton and Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Company's shares are traded on the Canadian Venture Exchange The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX)  under the symbol "CHT". Current company updates can be found at the website: http://continentalhomehealth.com/

If you wish to receive company press releases via email, please advise Natasha Blackburn at natasha@humekieran.on.ca

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