     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS ADMITTED INTO GRAMERCY NURSING CENTER ON DECEMBER 7, 1996 WITH AN ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS A OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION, FECAL IMPACTION, HYPOTHYROIDISM, PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND GLAUCOMA.  ON DECEMBER 11, 1996 SHE WENT INTO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED HER TO COLUMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE: 99/46, PULSE: 118, RESPIRATIONS: 30, SHE WAS STILL IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND WAS NOTED TO HAVE DIFFUSE RHONCHI BREATH SOUNDS.  SHE WAS ADMITTED WITH AN IMPRESSION OF PNEUMONIA, SEPSIS AND URINARY TRACT INFECTION.  CARDIAC MONITOR SHOWED SINUS TACHYCARDIA.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS MADE, SHE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:22 A.M..
      SHE WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. VICENTE FRANCO WHO WAS UNAVAILABLE TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.