Experienced International Businessman Joins Medical Services International Inc. as Director of Export Development.Business Editors EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2002 Robert Talbot, President of Medical Services International Inc. (Pink Sheets:MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has hired Georges Menassa as Director of Export Development. This appointment is effective immediately. Prior to his career in international business, Mr. Menassa served for 12 years in a number of foreign countries as a senior Canadian Embassy Officer. He has since been involved in a number of successful international companies. He was General Manager of Adaya Canada Inc., a joint Far East-Middle East investment and Development Company. He has spent a number of years as Managing Director for the Western European Branches of MEDP MEDP Marine Engineering Development Program Corporation in Paris, specializing in trading and contracting. Mr. Menassa was appointed President of Apomedic Corporation a company specializing in the supply of pharmaceuticals to major clients including the Canadian Department of Supply & Services, the Canadian International Development Agency The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is a Canadian government agency which administers foreign aid programs in developing countries. CIDA operates in partnership with other Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors as well as other , the United Nations and several countries worldwide. Mr. Menassa frequently participates in seminars as well as in Canadian Government Commercial and Economic delegations abroad. He is a member of the Order of The Crown of Thailand. Commenting on this appointment, Bill Whitehead, Jr., Vice President of Marketing and Communications stated, "this is a tremendous accomplishment for Medical Services International Inc. to be able to retain someone with Mr. Menassa's credentials and vast experience. He will be a tremendous asset to our international marketing efforts. This appointment is a further endorsement of the quality of our VScan Test Kits." Mr. Menassa stated, "Medical Services International Inc. has products that will be instrumental in helping with the control of numerous pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. diseases. I am pleased to become involved with Medical Services International Inc. in this key role and expect to bring many new international clients to the company as introductions are made in the coming weeks. About Medical Services International Inc. Medical Services International Inc. is a medically related holding company comprised of two core businesses. The company operates medical facilities on Anguilla, B.W.I. that supply medical diagnostic services diagnostic services, n.pl the imaging and laboratory capabilities available for determining the cause of an illness. and dialysis. The facility combines the recreational aspects of a Caribbean destination with the availability of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. quality medical services. The diagnostic test division was created in response to a worldwide demand for less costly, rapid technically simplified test methods to test for infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. . The company has developed its VScan (TM) rapid test kits for the detection of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. 1 & 2, Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Definition Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the most common chronic and C and Tuberculosis. The company is currently in negotiations with major healthcare concerns to supply these tests to the worldwide market. Medical Services International Inc. has also acquired a strategic interest in a call center operator (Teltek International Limited) based in the British West Indies British West Indies: see West Indies; West Indies Federation. . The call center operation operates full service call centers with the latest customer relationship management technology specializing in providing call center out-sourcing solutions and out-bound telemarketing services to major U.S. multi-national corporations. Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB NQB National Quotation Bureau, Inc (now Pink Sheets) Pink Sheets under the symbol "MSITF". Note: Certain statements in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause results to differ materially. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to new economic conditions, risk in product technology developments, market acceptance of new product and continuing product demand, level of competition and other factors described in the company reports, prospectus and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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