     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED SQUEEZING PAIN AND RIGHT SIDED ABDOMINAL PAIN.  MIAMI FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     UPON HER ARRIVAL, SHE WAS ADMITTED WITH PNEUMONIA, RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY AND A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS. DURING HER HOSPITALIZATION, SHE UNDERWENT A APPENDECTOMY FOR A RUPTURED APPENDIX. HER CONDITION DETERIORATED AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED ON DECEMBER 26, 1996. 

     REMAINS WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION. AFTER CHART WAS REVIEWED IN THIS OFFICE, IT WAS DETERMINED THIS CASE WAS OF NO INTEREST TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.