     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS A TRUCK DRIVER WHO LIVED ALONE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1996, THE LAND-LADY FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS ROOM AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNITS WERE SUMMONED. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER. 
     UPON ARRIVAL HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A COMPLAINT OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE REMAINED AN INPATIENT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, ON THE VENTILATOR UNTIL HE EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 29, 1996. 
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, PNEUMONIA, HYPERTENSION, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, RENAL FAILURE AND ANEMIA. 




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