A Bronx hospital patient was beaten to death by her roommate with a known history of violent behavior, her grief-stricken family says.

Cynthia Vann, 55, was sleeping in her room at Lincoln Hospital in Mott Haven when she was attacked, causing her to need emergency surgery on Sept. 10, News 12 reported.

Vann was at the Bronx medical center for liver treatment at the time of the assault. 4

She suffered wounds to the head and remained at the NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln complex for two weeks before she died from her injuries on Sept. 27.

“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’r

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