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Chindex International, Inc. Announces Second daVinci Sale

Friday, September 26, 2008 General News
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BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 26 Chindex International,Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDX), a leading independent American provider of westernhealthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, announcedtoday that its Medical Products division has been awarded another majorcontract. Chindex signed its second contract for the sale of a new daVinci Ssystem in mainland China, demonstrating strong interest and demand for thiscutting-edge, minimally-invasive surgical technology, which was approved bythe State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of the People's Republic ofChina in July 2008.
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The sale of the Intuitive Surgical daVinci S robotic surgical system is toDitan Hospital in Beijing, a 600 bed, top-level municipal hospital with aparticularly strong focus on the prevention and treatment of infectiousdiseases and treating complications of liver disease. The Hospital isplanning to move shortly into new state of the art hospital facilities and thedaVinci S robotic surgical system will be an important feature in their modelsurgical suite.
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Chindex CEO Roberta Lipson commented from Beijing, "We are pleased toannounce another major contract award in our Medical Products division. Thesecond daVinci S sale so quickly following the receipt of regulatory approvalfrom China's State Food and Drug Administration supports our belief that theChinese healthcare market is ready and eager to embrace this new and excitingtechnology. We continue to be optimistic about daVinci revenue contributionto FY2009 Medical Products revenue, and as we noted last week, we continue tobe optimistic about this division's revenue performance in the second half ofthe fiscal year 2009."

About Chindex International, Inc.

Chindex is an American healthcare company that provides healthcareservices and supplies medical capital equipment, instrumentation and productsto the Chinese marketplace, including Hong Kong. It provides healthcareservices through the operations of its United Family Hospitals and Clinics, anetwork of private primary care hospitals and affiliated ambulatory clinics inChina. The Company's hospital network currently operates in the Beijing andShanghai metropolitan areas. The Company sells medical products manufacturedby various major multinational companies, including Siemens AG and IntuitiveSurgical, which are the Company's exclusive distribution partners for the saleand servicing of color doppler ultrasound systems and surgical robotic systemsrespectively. It also arranges financing packages for the supply of medicalproducts to hospitals in China utilizing the export loan and loan guaranteeprograms of both the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the German KfW DevelopmentBank. With twenty-seven years of experience, approximately 1,200 employees,and operations in China, Hong Kong, the United States and Germany, theCompany's strategy is to expand its cross-cultural reach by providing leadingedge healthcare technologies, quality products and services to Greater China'sprofessional communities. Further company information may be found at theCompany's websites, http://www.chindex.com andhttp://www.unitedfamilyhospitals.com .

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Statements made in this press release relating to plans, strategies,objectives, economic performance and trends and other statements that are notdescriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within themeaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the"Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, asamended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking information is inherentlysubject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materiallyfrom those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include,but are not limited to, the factors set forth under the heading "Risk Factors"in our annual report on Form 10-K for the ye
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