ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION: DURING DECEASED'S STAY AT THE PALACE NURSING HOME,  SHE SUSTAINED LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE WHILE LYING IN BED.  AT WHICH TIME SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA KENDALL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY.  SEQUENTIALLY,  PATIENT EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 13, 1996. RESULTING FROM SHOCK AND OTHER UNDERLYING CAUSES, SUCH AS POST- OPERATIVE BLEEDING, SEVERE COAGULOPATHY, LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE AND CONTRIBUTING ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE.  					 