Ethiopian Defense Hospital to Become Model for Ethiopia DENVER, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R), a division of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , today announced that the United States' President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Program, on behalf of the Bella Military Referral Hospital (BMH) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), has entered into an agreement to use Wyndgate's SafeTrace(R) donor management software. The agreement with Wyndgate Technologies includes an option to purchase SafeTrace Tx(R)*. This represents Wyndgate's fourth system in sub-Saharan Africa. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO ) The PEPFAR advisors in Ethiopia enlisted the support of the United States Navy to help establish, furnish and initiate blood collection, testing and distribution operations for BMH. The US Navy prioritized the list of needs to establish the blood bank at BMH and determined that, for blood safety purposes, a management information system for the blood donor center was a top priority. The Navy selected SafeTrace based on the strength of Wyndgate's solid product and service reputation among its customers, their proven capability to deliver solutions in Africa and their ability to implement the product using an Application Service Provider (ASP) model. An ongoing challenge for Ethiopia is the expense and resource requirements to host a comprehensive and sophisticated donor management system, making the ASP solution an attractive alternative. In addition, the US Navy appreciated that Wyndgate already has implementation, education and support staff based in sub-Saharan Africa. SafeTrace will be installed using ASP services through a secured Internet connection. This model will provide blood bank staff access to donor records without the use of costly in-house servers, minimizing the need for the purchase of computer hardware, the management of software or hiring of additional personnel. With this implementation of SafeTrace, BMH will become Wyndgate's tenth client using an ASP solution for a total of more than 50 sites worldwide. Will Willman, Senior Vice-President of International Business Development for Wyndgate Technologies, commented, "The US Navy understands that the effective and safe operation of a blood center requires implementation of information systems technology. Their world-wide research of system providers led them to Wyndgate Technologies due to our products, services and solid reputation in Africa, as well as the United States. An ASP deployment is a cost effective and sustainable program for resource-challenged countries. Wyndgate Technologies is proud to be part of the HIV/AIDS prevention program in Africa." About the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program The United States Government, through the Department of Defense and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, has been working with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) on a program to assure safe blood supplies to all military health service sites throughout Ethiopia by 2008. According to their first quarter 2006 DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) Activity Report, "A comprehensive program has been established at the military central blood bank located at the Bella Military Referral Hospital. The program provides a realistic blood distribution network based upon both peacetime and operational contingency blood needs. ... The military blood bank program has collaborated with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society on development of standard operating procedures, training, and quality assurance." 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. Each year, Wyndgate's products and services manage more than eight million blood components, representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply. Wyndgate's products are being used in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa, and are being implemented in the Caribbean. 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., Global Med Technologies, Inc., +1-303-238-2000; or Investors, Paul Holm of H.L. Lanzet, +1-212-888-4570, , for Global Med Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/

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