   ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PARKWAY WEST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER,  DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL RETARDATION  AND HAD BEEN UNDER H.R.S. CUSTODY FOR MANY YEARS AND RESIDING IN  DIFFERENT GROUP HOMES.    
    ON NOVEMBER 3, 1996,  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY WEST HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF APPETITE FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS.  UPON ARRIVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE: 91/31, PULSE: 121, RESPIRATIONS: 32, CACHETIC AND TACHYPNEIC.  SHE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF UROSEPSIS, VOLUME DEPLETION, HYPOTENSION, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, SEVERE MENTAL RETARDATION AND CACHEXIA.  SHE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AND HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE.  SHE DEVELOPED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND  LEFT LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA.  ON NOVEMBER 6, 1996 ABT. 2:07 A.M. SHE WENT INTO IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM - ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED BUT TO NO AVAIL, SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:18 A.M..
    DECEASED WAS REFERRED TO THIS OFFICE THROUGH H.R.S. WITH AN ALLEGATION OF ABUSE/NEGLECT.  SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO PARKWAY WEST ABT. ONE MONTH AGO WITH A LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.  SHE SUSTAINED THE FRACTURE AT THE GROUP HOME WHEN SHE FELL AND ONE OF THE WORKERS ATTEMPTED TO HELP BY GRABBING HER ARM.   DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD NO OTHER KNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEMS.





   