    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM NORTH MIAMI NURSING AND REHAB CENTER, THE DECEASED WAS A PATIENT AT THE CENTER.  ON AUGUST 13, 1996, HE WONDERED AWAY FROM THE CENTER AND WAS LATER FOUND OUTSIDE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.  HE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY, BUT AFTER HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO BOTH KNEES, HE WAS TAKEN TO PARKWAY REGIONAL EMERGENCY ROOM  WHERE TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED.  NO C T SCAN WAS PERFORMED.    AFTER TREATMENT, HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM BACK TO THE REHAB CENTER.  DIAGNOSIS:  METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA, PROSTATE CANCER,  ANEMIA, INSOMNIA, AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE.  

    UPON HIS RETURN TO THE REHAB CENTER, HE WAS IN NO APPARENT DISTRESS, TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, HIS CONDITION , HOWEVER, BEGAN TO DETERIORATE.  ON AUGUST 17, HIS B/P WAS 60/40, PULSE 86, TEMP. 96.6 AND RESP. 16.    HIS CONDITION CONTIUNUED TO DETERIORATE AND ON AUGUST 19, 1996, AT 2:50P.M., HE EXPIRED.