LMS AND OPMEDIC GROUP ENTER LICENSE AGREEMENT TO OFFER CALM SHOULDER SCREEN™ TO MOTHERS

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Montreal, Quebec, January 10, 2008 – LMS Medical Systems (“LMS”), the developer of the CALM® clinical information system and risk management software for obstetrics, and OPMEDIC GROUP INC. (“OPMEDIC GROUP”) (TSX: OMG), which operates a network of private clinics in the province of Quebec, are pleased to announce that they entered into an agreement pursuant to which OPMEDIC GROUP, through its division PROCREA Cliniques (“PROCREA”) will offer the CALM Shoulder Screen test to pregnant women.

While LMS will continue to market its tools to the public sector hospitals in Quebec, PROCREA will have the exclusive use of the CALM Shoulder Screen in the Quebec private clinic sector PROCREA will begin to offer this test for a fee in the coming days. CALM Shoulder Screen is the only test available on the market to assess the risk of injury from shoulder dystocia, an obstetrical complication occurring when the baby’s shoulder gets stuck behind the mother’s pubic bone during childbirth. Potential injuries to the baby include brachial plexus impairment, brain damage and sometimes death.

PROCREA will introduce the test to over 300 physicians involved in childbirth across the province of Quebec. Any pregnant woman in the province may consult her own physician who will do an initial assessment, referring those women who have certain risk factors associated with shoulder dystocia to one of PROCREA’s clinics for a late ultrasound and evaluation using the CALM Shoulder Screen. PROCREA will report the patient’s risk score for persistent injury from shoulder dystocia to her physician. The availability of the test will enable physicians to help their patients choose the safest possible delivery that will enable them to avoid injury to their baby.

“PROCREA provides a variety of fertility treatments and testing services to patients and also
offers diagnostic laboratory work, pre-natal screening and fetal ultrasounds. Such services enable the physicians to counsel their patients to better understand the risks the patients may face and the options they have to make the best decisions for their family,” said Dr. Pierre St-Michel, CEO of OPMEDIC GROUP. “Offering CALM Shoulder Screen is consistent with OPMEDIC GROUP’s commitment to have PROCREA remain at the forefront of clinical developments in this regard and to use the latest screening technologies available to prevent birth complications for mothers and newborns.”

“We are delighted that PROCREA will be offering this test across Quebec”, comments Diane
Côté, CEO of LMS. “Now all women can benefit from this cutting edge test to help prevent injury to their newborn wherever they plan to give birth.”

About Opmedic Group: OPMEDIC GROUP is a company incorporated under de laws of the
Province of Québec which provides healthcare-related services including surgical facilities and services to patients and surgeons (with its OPMEDIC division), fertility treatments, medical imaging, laboratory services and diagnostic procedures (with its PROCREA Cliniques division) and sperm banking services (with its PROCREA Cryopreservation Centre subsidiary). OPMEDIC GROUP's Common Shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "OMG".

About LMS: LMS is a leader in the application of advanced mathematical modeling and neural networks for medical use. The LMS CALM Suite for Obstetrics provides physicians, nursing staff, risk managers and hospital administrators with clinical information systems and risk management tools designed to improve outcomes and patient care for mothers and their infants during childbirth.