     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS ADMITTED TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER ON JULY 26,1996 AND DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 15,1996.  SHE WAS RELEASED TO "FRANCO NURSING AND REHAB CENTER" AND ADMITTED THERE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, AND ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION.   ON AUGUST 16, 1996 PM., SHE SUFFERED A CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST AT THE NURSING HOME.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 11:00 PM., UNRESPONSIVE AND WITH NO VITAL SIGNS.  RESUSCITATION PROCEDURES WERE TERMINATED AT 11:10 PM., WHEN SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.


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