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	This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
	June 8, 2000
	FCC CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. KENNARD STATEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW WIRELESS MEDICAL TELEMETRY SERVICE (ET Docket No. 99-255)
	Today's action will enhance the ability of health care providers to offer high quality and cost-effective care to patients with acute and chronic health care needs. Heart and blood pressure monitors have become a vital part of the arsenal available to hospitals. At the same time, new technologies in other services are crowding the spectrum where these devices have been operating on a secondary basis, resulting in the potential for interference. The spectrum allocation we have made for these devices will protect the public by providing frequencies where heart and blood pressure monitors can operate without interference. It will also help in resolving conflicts between these devices, digital television, and land mobile services. - FCC -