EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc. (OTC:MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has expanded its distribution network in the Caribbean. It has added two additional distributors, one on the island of St. Martin and another in the Dominican Republic. With the addition of these distributors, Medical Services is now represented on 8 islands in the Caribbean representing a base population of over 1.0 million people and a transient population of over 3.5 million people. It is anticipated that the islands will purchase in excess of 200,000 kits per year. Testing that has been completed in the Caribbean indicates that the incidence of HIV infection is in excess of 20%. There is a significant demand for an easy to use rapid test kit that can be used without the need of medical facilities or trained medical personnel. The kits for the Caribbean are being produced in the plant on the Island of Anguilla. About VScan The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, disposable, accurate, cost effective, easy to use, test for the screening of HIV 1&2, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever, West Nile, Syphilis, 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 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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