	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED HAD 
BEEN AN INPATIENT AT PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD SURGERY FOR A PROSTATIC CANCER. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 23, 1996. 
	HE HAD BEEN PROGRESSING AFTER THE SURGERY UNTIL ABOUT AUGUST 
31, 1996, WHEN HE STARTED COMPLAINING OF NOT FEELING WELL AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 
BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNITS.  
	UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST WITH NO BLOOD 
PRESSURE, NO PULSE, RESUSCITATION IN PROGRESS. HE DID NOT RESPOND TO RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:27 PM. 
	PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT AND SURGERY AT PALMETTO 
GENERAL HOSPITAL, DR. JUAN S. SUAREZ, M.D..
   