      ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A NURSE PRACTITIONER  EMPLOYED WITH THE JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL'S NORTH DADE HEALTH CENTER.  
      ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996, AT ABOUT 7:00 AM, SHE STARTED COMPLAINING OF HAVING CHEST PAINS AND A FAMILY MEMBER SUMMONED EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS, THEY RESPONDED TO FIND HER UNRESPONSIVE. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER. UPON ARRIVAL THERE WERE NO VITAL SIGNS AND DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED AT 8:06 AM. 
      SHE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF SURGERY JULY 24, 1996, SHE UNDERWENT A RESECTION OF AN ADAMANTINOMA OF THE RIGHT TIBIA WITH MASSIVE ALLOGRAFT REPLACEMENT AND INTERNAL FIXATION. SHE TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE FLOOR FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY. SHE WAS NEUROVASCULARLY INTACT AND A LONG LEG CAST WAS PLACED.  OTHER PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT FOR HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS AND OBESITY. 
 	FAMILY MEMBERS REQUESTED AN AUTOPSY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE 
OF DEATH. 
 
