    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS RESIDING AT ST. LAZARUS ADULT LIVING FACILITY AND HAD END STAGE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND WAS ON "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" ORDERS.  ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1996, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.  
     UPON ARRIVAL,  PULSE: 206, RESPIRATIONS: 38, UNRESPONSIVE WITH FIXED AND DILATED PUPILS.  HE HAD AGONAL BREATHING AND PROGRESSED TO ASYSTOLIC.  HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:17P.M..
     DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED BY DR. RAUL TAMAYO WHO WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.  HE ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF DECOMPENSATED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. 