""It's heartbreaking. I'm broken inside. It's very difficult. My mom was my support system. She was really all I had," Vann's daughter Taneisha Vann told News 12. "She didn't deserve this. No one deserves to be assaulted at a hospital while you're sleeping," the younger Vann said. "You're supposed to feel safe." Vann died of blunt force trauma to the head, the outlet reported, citing the medical examiner's office. Her death was ruled a homicide."
"The hospital informed Taneisha Vann of the unidentified roommate's violent past. It was unknown if the alleged suspect was charged in Vann's death. The Post has reached out to the NYPD. Taneisha Vann blamed the medical center for creating the environment that put her mother in danger. "I'm angry with the hospital that allowed this situation to happen," she said. "She has a birthday coming up on the 9th. She'll be 56 and that's difficult as well. It's just she didn't deserve that," Taneisha said."
Cynthia Vann, 55, was attacked while sleeping in her room at Lincoln Hospital in Mott Haven on Sept. 10 and required emergency surgery. Vann was hospitalized for liver treatment and suffered head wounds, remaining at the NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln complex for two weeks before dying from her injuries on Sept. 27. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide from blunt force trauma to the head. Hospital staff informed family that the unidentified roommate had a history of violent behavior. Family members expressed grief and anger toward the hospital for allowing the roommate arrangement that put Vann in danger.
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