     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: AUGUST 4, 1996 AT APPROX 1:20 P.M. THE DECEASED WAS BROUGHT INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BY FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER SHE COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DYSNEA AND PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION IN HER GENERAL CONDITION. SHE WAS ALSO OBSERVED WITH BILATERAL LEG ULCERS OF WHICH HER FAMILY STATES HAS GOTTEN LARGER IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
     UPON ADMISSION, THE DEC'D DAUGHTER STATED DEC'D HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION, INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS II, INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE AND TUBERCULOSIS.  SHE WAS INTUBATED AND REQUIRED MECHANICAL VENTILATION.
     ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS INCLUDED: SEPTIC SHOCK, TUBERCULOSIS, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, LOWER LEG ULCERS, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND URINARY TRACT INFECTION. HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND SHE DEVELOPED SEPSIS. 
     AUGUST 5, 1996 SHE DEVELOPED V-TACH AND SUBSEQUENTLY WENT INTO ASYSTOLE. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:00 A.M..