     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: THE DECEASED WAS UNDER THE MEDICAL ATTENTION OF DR. MARTHA LUASAS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. DIAGNOSIS: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, FAILURE TO THRIVE, DEHYDRATION AND PNEUMONIA. MEDICATIONS REPORTED INCLUDED, LASIX, THEODUR, ZANTAC, DIGOXIN, FOLIC ACID, VENTOLIN AND OXYGEN AT HOME. SHE ALSO HAD A THERAPIST WHO MADE DAILY VISIST FOR EXERCISING OF HER LEGS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN BY DR. LUASAS ON DECEMBER 3, 1996.
     DECEMBER 5, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WITH HER NEPHEW WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH. FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, NO C.P.R. IN PROGRESS. SHE WAS INTUBATED AND C.P.R. INITIATED HOWEVER, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:53 A.M..

     REMAINS WERE RELEASED TO CREMATION SYSTEMS AND LATER BROUGHT INTO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.