     ACCORDING TO INITIAL  POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON JULY 28, 1996, AT ABOUT 9:30 PM, THE DECEASED  REPORTEDLY WAS A TERMINAL PATIENT WHO WAS AT HOME WHEN HE STOPPED BREATHING.   METRO DADE POLICE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND
HIM EXPIRED. 																
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     HE WAS BEING TREATED AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER AND WAS UNDER THE HOME BOUND HEALT CARE PROGRAM, AS HE WAS SUFFERING FROM COLON CANCER.
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     WAS LAST ADMITTED TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER ON JUNE 6, 1996 TO JUNE 20, 1996.   HAD A PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF: METASTATIC COLON CARCINOMA. BILIARY OBSTRUCTION. STATUS POST INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY STENT.  HAD A HISTORY OF METASTASES TO THE LIVER, LUNG, AND KIDNEY, HIS SURGICAL HISTORY WAS SIGNIFICANT FOR COLORECTAL SURGERY IN 1992, BACK SURGERY IN 1994, AND GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY  AGAIN IN 1995. WAS RELEASED HOME ON CIMETIDINE, IRON SULFATE, SIMETHICONE, FENTANYL PATCH, AUGMENTIN, FLAGYL, NAPROSYN, FLUCONAZOLE, AND  MULTIVITAMINS.  