NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Frost and Sullivan Award Granted to Spacelabs
2006 North American Patient Monitor Company of the Year

October 13, 2006

Jeremy Norton Director of Investor Relations

(310) 349 2237

Spacelabs Healthcare, Inc., (LSE: SLAB) an international medical equipment company listed on the London AIM market, announced today that it was honored by Frost & Sullivan as its 2006 North American Patient Monitoring Company of the Year. In making the announcement Frost & Sullivan noted the Company is a leading innovator of patient monitoring products with a commitment to a customer first philosophy, particularly its open architecture, ease of connectivity and compatibility for hospitals concerned about managing multiple technologies.

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