Order reversed, insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements, and motion denied, insofar as it seeks leave to amend the complaint to add a cause of action for wrongful death, without prejudice to renewal upon proper papers which shall include competent medical proof of the causal connection between the alleged negligence and the death of the original plaintiff.
Absent competent medical proof of the causal connection between the alleged negligence and the death of the original plaintiff, the granting of leave to amend the complaint constituted an improvident exercise of discretion ( see, Fiorentino v. Cobble Hill Nursing Home, 101 A.D.2d 825; Ortiz v. Bono, 101 A.D.2d 812; Smith v. Hellman, 57 A.D.2d 566; Wood v. Southside Hosp., 45 A.D.2d 1052). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.