DENVER, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies, Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) has announced the addition of Robert R. Gilmore, CPA, and Thomas F. Marcinek, Global Med's President and COO, as Board members of Global Med Technologies, Inc. Mr. Gilmore will also serve as the Company's Audit Committee Chairman and Mr. Marcinek will also serve as a member of Global Med's Compensation Committee. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO) Robert R. Gilmore, CPA Mr. Gilmore has over 25 years' experience in finance and accounting that will bring strong financial insight to the Company. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chairman of Eldorado Gold Corporation. Mr. Gilmore has held the position of CFO in other companies and has been active in capital raising and on the M&A front. Mr. Gilmore stated, "I look forward to serving on Global Med's Board of Directors and being the Company's Audit Committee Chairman. Global Med is certainly in a growth mode and I believe that I can contribute as a member of its Board." Dr. Ruxin commented, "Mr. Gilmore's substantial financial experience and knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley will be of great benefit to Global Med's Board. I look forward to Mr. Gilmore joining Global Med's Board and serving as Audit Committee Chairman." Thomas F. Marcinek Mr. Marcinek has been Global Med's President and Chief Operating Officer since March of 1998. From 1994 until joining the Company, Mr. Marcinek was the president and owner of Prax Information Systems, located in Wantagh, New York, a practice management software consulting company. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Marcinek was the President of the Data Technologies Group, a division of Henry Schein, Inc., located in Melville, New York. Mr. Marcinek said, "I look forward to being on Global Med's Board and also being a part of the Company's Compensation Committee. As a nine-year member of Global Med's Management Team, I believe that I can bring a keen management insight to Global Med's Board." Michael I. Ruxin, M.D., Global Med's Chairman and CEO, commented, "After working with Tom for nine years, and seeing his many attributes and successes, I am thrilled to have Tom on our Board and to have him serve as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee. Tom will be a great asset to our Board." About Global Med Technologies, Inc. Global Med Technologies, Inc. is an international e-Health, medical information technology company, providing information management software products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate Technologies division is a leading supplier of information management systems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusion centers. Current clients of Wyndgate's products and services manage more than 3 million units of blood, or over 22% of the U.S. blood supply, each year. Wyndgate's products are also being implemented in Canada, the Caribbean and sub-Sahara Africa. Together, the SafeTrace Tx(R)* advanced transfusion management system and the SafeTrace(R) donor management system provide Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor collection to patient transfusion. For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-WYNDGATE or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/ and http://www.wyndgate.com/. This news release may include statements that constitute forward-looking statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expects" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this news release. *Patent Pending http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Global Med Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. of Global Med Technologies, Inc., +1-303-238-2000; or Paul Short, President of Investment Strategies, LLC, +1-304-523-3252, for Global Med Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.wyndgate.com/ Web site: http://www.peoplemed.com/ Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/

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