BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Chindex International, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHDX), the largest independent American distributor of Western healthcare products and services in China, announced today that its German subsidiary, Chindex China-Export, GmbH, has been awarded a contract to supply medical equipment to hospitals in two Chinese provinces under a financing arrangement sponsored by the German Government and funded by KfW Development Bank. The supply contract is valued at 5.1 million euros and is the second project awarded to Chindex under this program. Chindex was awarded its first German Government-sponsored contract for the supply of medical equipment, in the amount of 3.0 million euros, last year and is in the process of implementing that contract.
