TEMPE, Ariz. and CHONGQING, China (April 8, 2003) Global health and security assistance provider MedAire, Inc. (ASX Code: MDE) has entered into an agreement with the Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor (China) Ltd. to open a new 24-hour medical clinic in Chongqing, China.  The clinic will be operated by MedAire’s subsidiary, Global Doctor Ltd., and will provide occupational health care, primary and urgent care services to Ford’s expatriate employees and their families.

The clinic, scheduled to open later this month, will be located within the Hilton Hotel Chongqing and staffed with both primary care and emergency physicians.  The facility will also have a telemedicine link to MedAire’s hospital-based Global Response Center, giving patients in western China immediate access to U.S. physicians.

“Our partnership with Ford exemplifies the need in today’s international market for MedAire’s unique capabilities of providing high standards of medical assistance and care on both a remote and local basis,” said Joan Sullivan Garrett, MedAire president and CEO.  “Such innovative solutions as this are in high demand today as major multi-national corporations expand further and further into new markets.”

In addition to Ford employees, the clinic’s medical resources will also be available to tourists, expatriates, international business travelers and the local population.  Serving as the clinic’s medical director will be Dr. Lisa Bell who has both intensive care and family practice experience and is a qualified Advanced Cardiac Life Support (“ACLS”) instructor.

MedAire, through its Global Doctor subsidiary, owns and operates western-standard medical clinics in major Asian markets.  The clinics bring U.S. standards of medicine to areas of the world where health care is limited or inadequate.

 

MedAire Contact: 

Brant Galloway, 480.333.3736, E-mail: bgalloway@medaire.com