      ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO HAD PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS. SHE HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO COLUMBIA AVENTURAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996, AND A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PSYCHOSIS WAS MADE. ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1996, SHE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF HAVING SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY CARE UNIT. SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL SHE  SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST AND DID NOT RESPOND TO RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS. DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 12:37 AM.   