     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE DECEASED WAS A RESIDENT AT THE JACKSON MANOR NURSING HOME WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED ON AUGUST 19, 1996. HE WAS TRANSFERED FROM SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER. ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS: FOREIGN INTESTINAL BODY, ACUTE UROSEPSIS, INFECTED HAND ULCER, HYPERTENSION, PNEUMONIA, LUNG CANCER AND MULTIPLE DECUBITUS ULCERS.

     ON AUGUST 20, 1996 MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED TO JACKSON MANOR NURSING HOME AFTER THE DEC'D COMPLAINED OF ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. UPON FIRE-RESCUE ARRIVAL, HE HAD A GCS OF 6, B/P 80/P AND RESP RATE OF 40. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 12:40 P.M. HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE WITH A RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITION. HE HAD INCREASED CHEST PAIN AND RESPIRATIONS WERE LABORED. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE THE DEC'D WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:06 P.M..