     ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL RECORDS: ON OCT. 15, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH HIGH BLOOD SUGAR (893) AFTER BEING FOUND AT HOME ALONE.  HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO FEED HIMSELF OR GIVE HIMSELF HIS INSULIN AND HIS CARETAKER HAD APPARENTLY LEFT TOWN..
     UPON ARRIVAL TO E/R HE WAS ALERT, BUT CONFUSED AND HAD SLIGHTLY SLEERED SPECCH.  HE EXPERIENCED AND EPISODE OF BRADYCARDIA AND WAS MEDICATED APPROPRIATELY.  HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF MARKED HYPERGLYCEMIA, DIABETIC KETO ACIDOSIS, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, MARKED METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, HYPERKALEMIA AND BRADICARDIA.  AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SHOWED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.  HIS CONDITION GRADUALLY DECLINED AND HE DIED ON OCT. 17. 1996 AT 5:55 PM.