    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DECEASED STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF NOT FEELING WELL AND WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HOSPITALIZED ON THRUSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1996 FOR A MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT.  ON NOVEMBER 10, 1996, WHILE AT HOME, SHE WENT INTO THE BATHROOM AND SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  HER RELATIVES HEARD A THUMP IN THE BATHROOM AND RESPONDED TO CHECK ON HER WELFARE.  UPON ENTERING, THEY FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE WHICH CONVERTED INTO FINE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HEALTH SOUTH DOCTORS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, IN CARDIAC ARREST AND ON THUMPER.  WHEN FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WAS TRANSFERRING HER FROM THE BACKBOARD ONTO THE STRETCHER, SHE APPARENTLY FELL AND STRUCK HER HEAD.   SHE WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND TO HAVE A LEFT FRONTAL HEMATOMA.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 2:55P.M.  SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
    SHE WAS TREATED AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL FROM NOVEMBER 4, 1996 TO NOVEMBER 9, 1996.  DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS:  CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, MITRAL REGURGITATION, PACEMAKER AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA.   




                    *** REFILED ON DECEMBER 23, 1996 ***  [BAR]


    