Medical Services' Shanghai Plant Begins Production for China

October 4, 2004
EDMONTON, Canada, Oct. 4, 2004 -- Medical Services International Inc. (Pinksheets: MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has received it has received permission to ship VScan HIV tests within China, prior to regulatory approval. The Company received an order for 50,000 VScan HIV test kits to be shipped within China. The customer has received permission from regulatory authorities to receive the order even though final approvals have not as yet been received for China. This order will be processed by the production facility in Shanghai and delivery will be within 30 days.

About VScan

The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, easy to use, test for the screening of HIV 1& 2 subgroup O, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever and West Nile. The kits cannot be sold in Canada.

For further information contact
Robert Talbot at 780-430-6363 or

Bill Whitehead, Jr., 416-822-5883

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