     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: THE DECEASED WAS RELEASED FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996 AND TRANSFERRED TO SOUTH POINTE MANOR NURSING HOME. DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS: RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY, GASTROINTESTINAL ANASTOMOTIC BLEED, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND CHRONIC VENTILATORY DEPENDENCY. HE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF RENAL FAILURE, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, PEG, HEMIGASTRECTOMY, HYPERTENSION, SACRAL ULCER AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
     WHILE A RESIDENT OF SOUTH POINTE MANOR NURSING HOME, HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND ON DECEMBER 18, 1996 HE WAS PRONOUNCED. THE REMAINS WERE RELEASED TO VISTA FUNERAL HOME AFTER THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN CERTIFIED THE DEATH CERTIFICATE AS PNEUMONIA, RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO HEAD TRAUMA.
     UPON CONTACTING FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY STATED HE HAS NEVER SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA AND THAT THE DOCTOR MAY HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER WITH THE SAME NAME AS DECEASED. REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.