     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE FUNERAL HOME; THE DECEASED WAS AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS A RETIRED  LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. SHE WAS APPARENTLY TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE AND ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 14, 1996, AFTER SUFFERING A FALL THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. HER ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS WAS ALTERED MENTAL STATUS WITH A HEMATOMA OVER HER RIGHT EYE, RULE OUT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. CT SCANS WERE DONE AND RESULTS WERE CONSISTANT WITH INTRACEREBRAL BLEEDING. FAMILY MEMBERS REQUESTED NO CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DONE. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPICE UNIT AND REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL SHE EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1996. HER DOCTOR SIGNED A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR HER WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT FOR CREMATION APPROVAL. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS STATED AS INTRACEREBRAL BLEEDING, WHICH WAS REJECTED FOR APPROVAL AND A REQUEST WAS MADE FOR THE REMAINS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DEPARTMENT FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.  

                                              ( REFILED JULY 24, 1997  tec )