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June 17, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Priv-ID starts Biometric Health Passports project in Cape Town, South Africa
Eindhoven, Cape Town, June 17th 2009 – priv-ID, a spin-out company of Royal Philips Electronics, in collaboration with the Medical Knowledge Institute introduces a biometric health passport in the township of Cape Town, Khayelitsha. The health passports will record the relevant medical history and a priv-ID biometric identity check is performed to establish a link between the health passport and its rightful owner. This project is the start of a large roll out of health passports with biometrics in South-Africa.
Start of the Health Passport in the Health Information Center Kayelithsa Capetown, South Africa. From left to right: Dr. Tom Garven, (Medical Director MKI), Michiel van der Veen (CEO priv-ID), Mr. David de Waal (Consul General South Africa), Dr. Harold Robles (President MKI).
Issue of the first Biometric Health Passport |
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