EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc. (OTC:MSITF) is pleased to announce that a new managing partner has been appointed to run the VScan assembly facility in Lagos Nigeria. The new managing partner is GE Medical who is a well established distributor of medical products in Africa. As well as their extensive medical distribution network throughout Africa, GE Medical has arranged for significant orders of the VScan HIV test kits in West Africa. It is expected that this change will be instrumental in increasing the volume of VScan test kits used in Africa. About VScan The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, easy to use, cost effective test for HIV 1&2, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever, West Nile, Malaria and Prostate Cancer. The kits cannot be sold in Canada. Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF". For further information, please contact Robert Talbot at (780) 430 6363 or at http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/ or http://www.minerva-biotech.com/ . NOTE: Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Act 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 development, market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand, level of competition and other factors described in Company reports and other filings with regulatory bodies. DATASOURCE: Medical Services International Inc. CONTACT: Robert Talbot of Medical Services International Inc., +1-780-430-6363 Web site: http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/ http://www.minerva-biotech.com/

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