	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF THE MIAMI JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED. ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1996, AT ABOUT 3:30 PM, SHE WAS IN THE DINNING WHEN SHE REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTHE TO SEAT HERSELF IN A CHAIR AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. THE FAL WAS NOT WITNESSED, HOWEVER AN ATTENDANT WAS NEAR-BY AT THE TIME AND ASSISTED HER TO THE CHAIR. SHE ADVISED HER OF WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND THAT SHE WAS ALRIGHT. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR INDICATIONS OF PAIN OR INJURY AT THAT TIME. AT ABOUT 11:30 PM, SHE WAS NOTICED TO BE HAVING BREATHING DIFFICULTY. RESCUE UNITS WERE CALLED, AND RESPONDED, RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER. UPON ARRIVAL SHE WAS INTUBATED, HER BLOOD PRESSURE OF 110/60, PULSE 72, RESPIRATION 18, RESUSCITATION IN PROGRESS. AS AN EKG WAS BEING DONE SHE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE AT THAT POINT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND SHE EXPIRED AT 2:08 AM.  
	PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION, DEPRESSION, 
HYPERLIPEDIMIA, SHE HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED PROCARDIA, LEVBID, ZANTAC AND ZOLOFT. NO MEDICATION WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT. 