    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RECORDS, THE DECEASED HAS A HISTORY OF MORBID OBESITY, RESPIRATORY PULMONARY DISEASE AND SLEEP APNEA.  ON NOVEMBER 20, 1996, SHE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY WHICH WAS ELECTIVE. DURING THE SURGERY, SHE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE EXTENSIVE BLEEDING AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 12:40P.M., SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. 