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Today, I watched the video interview of Rebecca and Steven, featured on a August 14, 2024 article in CHD’s The Defender. See it HERE or below:
She was the sweetest girl any parent could ask for,” Rebecca told The Defender, describing her daughter Danielle, who died after 40 days in a New York hospital following a COVID-19 diagnosis. “And losing her never gets any easier.”
Rebecca was accustomed to negotiating the medical system after she had spent years advocating for her intellectually disabled daughter. Rebecca believes Daneille’s disability resulted from medical malpractice that deprived her of oxygen at birth.Through a healthy lifestyle and supportive therapies, 28-year-old Danielle was living a joyful life with her family and working at Sunrise Assisted Living, serving breakfast and lunch to the elderly residents.
Danielle was rarely sick, Rebecca said. So when in July 2021, she developed a cough after being exposed to someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, Rebecca wasn’t worried. The next day, when Danielle came down with a fever, they began treating her at home with a Z-Pak and ivermectin, she said.
A week later, Danielle was still sick and her oxygen levels were low, so following a recommendation from a pharmacist friend, Rebecca treated her with a saline nebulizer, which improved her oxygen levels.
Still worried, Rebecca consulted a neighbor who was a doctor, who suggested she go to the nearby hospital, Northwell Health in Glen Cove. Danielle ate breakfast and went to the hospital with her mom on the morning of Aug. 2, 2021.
At the hospital, healthcare workers gave Danielle a PCR test and diagnosed her with COVID-19, hypoxia and COVID pneumonia, which her medical records confirm. They recommended she be admitted to the hospital. The records also indicated that Danielle’s breathing was unlabored, symmetric and clear at the time of her diagnosis.
Rebecca said the pneumonia diagnosis scared her “because my daughter never had any condition since I had her. And so to say, OK, we need to keep her for a couple of days, and then she’ll go — but it was a trap.”
There were no other symptoms or issues noted on Danielle’s intake chart. She was admitted with a note that she was expected to require at least two days of inpatient care.
Rebecca said they immediately started Danielle on a 10-day course of remdesivir. She said that although Danielle was generally well, eating large meals and singing “You are my sunshine” — her favorite song — the nurses would not allow her to sit up, get out of bed or walk to the bathroom herself.
“When you have pneumonia, you’re supposed to sit up, cough, have breathing exercises, use something to blow in to strengthen your lungs,” Rebecca said. “And here I am just blindly trusting, thinking OK, my daughter is really sick. Oh my gosh, don’t ask any questions.”
Within a few days, a doctor, whom Rebecca said the nurses called “the ventilator maestro,” examined Danielle. He said Danielle had to be moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) for observation. Rebecca said Danielle had not been deteriorating, but she consented to the move because she wanted her daughter to have the best care.
In the ICU hospital staff started her on an oxygen cannula (a thin tube inserted into the body), Rebecca said, “Even though her oxygen was normal, she had normal, she didn’t need to even have a cannula in the ICU. They started her on it on Monday.”
By Tuesday, the “ventilator maestro” said Danielle needed to go on a ventilator. “And I’m like, no, she’s not going on that,” Rebecca said, “She’s talking and eating.”
Rebecca then also developed a fever, and when she went home to get supplies for Danielle, hospital staff would not allow her back in without a negative COVID-19 test. She was apart from her daughter for 10 days.
Danielle became very agitated during that time because she was alone and frightened, Rebecca said. The hospital informed Rebecca by phone that they would have to restrain her because she was attempting to pull out her various IV tubes.
“She didn’t need to be restrained,” Rebecca said. “She needed her mom, she needed some comfort. According to the Americans with Disability Act, someone with special needs is not supposed to be alone in the hospital.”
By the end of the week, the doctor insisted Danielle needed to go on a ventilator, Rebecca said. Confused about what to do, Rebecca said she asked him, “If this was your child, would you put her on a ventilator?”
“He said yes,” she said. “And so I agreed to it. It was the worst mistake I ever made in my life. I agreed for them to finish her off. This is a guilt that you can’t forget. Why did I say ‘OK’?”
From that point on, Danielle’s condition steadily declined.
After 10 days, Rebecca was allowed back into the hospital. In the meantime, she said, the family also insisted that Danielle receive ivermectin. Danielle’s doctors disagreed, so Rebecca sought a court order, which she said she won.
After she was on the ventilator and the remdesivir, Danielle was showing elevated liver enzymes, which the doctors blamed on the ivermectin.
Rebecca said she told the medical team this is a common side effect of remdesivir, but was met with silence. Danielle also developed renal impairment after the course of remdesivir. Her kidneys and liver were normal at the time she was admitted.
Rebecca said by that time the hospital had begun administering a dangerous cocktail of drugs, including fentanyl, midazolam, morphine and Precedex, which are known to suppress respiration.
Soon they informed her that Danielle had heart damage to the right ventricle from COVID-19. “But they never called a cardiologist to consult. If the right side of somebody’s heart is damaged, you are supposed to call in for cardiologists,” Rebecca said.
At that point, Danielle’s body had become swollen and they said she was retaining fluid because of the pneumonia. Rebecca said the hospital also was giving Danielle insulin and Tylenol.
Rebecca said the doctors told her they couldn’t take Danielle off the ventilator or she would die, and she had to authorize trachea surgery and a feeding tube.
Danielle developed a hospital-acquired bacterial infection, confirmed by positive blood cultures, Rebecca said, and had a very high fever.
At that point, she said a physician’s assistant told Rebecca that at least “her kidneys are working, for now.”
Rebecca said she was in shock, “Now my daughter went to the hospital because of that cough. Anybody who got that COVID flu, the cough is horrendous. I never heard my daughter cough like that. So her whole visit was for a cough. Now, ‘the kidneys are working, for now’?”
She said another doctor told her that Danielle would need a lot of therapy, “if she comes out of here.” That’s when Rebecca realized her daughter might die.
On Oct. 6, 2021, at about 5 a.m., Rebecca received a call telling her to come to the hospital quickly, because “it didn’t look good.”
When they got there, Danielle had stopped breathing. Rebecca said she demanded they perform CPR, but one of the doctors told Rebecca to “just let her go,” she said.
Danielle remained alive on life support over the course of the day, but when the tubes attached filled with blood they had to let her go. It was Oct. 6, 2021, 40 days after she was admitted for COVID pneumonia.
Rebecca said:
“The decision was made and I ran out of the room. … I was screaming in the waiting room. This didn’t just happen. My daughter didn’t just die in 40 days. Horrible. She was a good child. She had a life. She was happy. How dare they decide to play God and take her life away from me?”
The cause of death on her death certificate was COVID-19 and multiple organ failure, Rebecca said. She said she had a private autopsy done that showed her lungs were damaged from the ventilator.
Rebecca believes her daughter was the victim of profit-seeking by the hospital. She said the total medical bills for Danielle were $648,571 and the cost of remdesivir alone was $18,571.
She told The Defender she has been trying to find a lawyer to take her case so she can sue the hospital. In the meantime, she has dedicated a Substack to telling Danielle’s story and developed an app — Death By Hospital Protocol — where people can tell their stories and name the doctors involved.
Download Rebecca’s DEATH BY HOSPITAL PROTOCOL APP and report a “killing protocol” hospital HERE. To learn more about her APP, please see today’s article by
The case details Danielle’s entry to the ER with a “dry cough” and in the subsequent 32 days in the hospital, she eventually was intubated, put on a ventilator, given fentanyl in three forms (continuous drip, IV boluses, and a patch), developed right heart failure, and died. The list of those named in the suit include the hospital and its DBA, 8 doctors, 8 physician assistants, and 26 Registered Nurses.
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- The Hospital
Northwell Health Hospital, DBA Northwell Health Glen Cove Hospital
- Doctors
Heather Meiselman, MD
Sheri Andrews, MD
Farzin Rahmanou, DO
Syed Iqbal, DO
Dava Klirsfeld, MD
David Brieff, MD
Wazhma Hossani, MD
Lisa Chen, DO
- Physician Assistants
Edward Wansor, PA
Mike Malevat, PA
Sindey A. Obas, PA
Christopher Taiwo, PA
Anand Kumar, PA
Milan Petel, PA
Richard Ragusa, PA
Alexandra Cardinal, PA
- Registered Nurses
Tsege Gebre, RN
Leslyn Henry, RN
Laura Chin, RN
Alissa Madisson, RN
Erin Picca, RN
Madelyn Roman, RN
Jane San Juan, RN
Adam Atlas, RN
Martiza Jasmine Gallagher, RN
Jinsy Jacob, RN
Mellissa N. Madision, RN
Ivan Savitski, RN
Lucinna Fenza, RN
Stephanie Barnabel, RN
Christine Nolan, RN
Marie Gessie Vertis, RN
Yasin Ali Addurrasheed, RN
Frances Racine, RN
Andrea Marchese, RN
Blinda Abelarde, RN
Michelle Fajardo, RN
Tiana Vincuillo, RN
Jamie Hodne, RN
Alexander Saleh, MD
Wellhem Costes, RN
Diana Ruiz, RN
Your GiveSendGo (GSG) Donation Helps Fight Back
To help generate attorney representation fees and associated court costs, please consider giving to Rebecca's GiveSendGo (GSG), HERE. There is a possibility that the case could be dismissed if Rebecca doesn’t do everything right, and she needs your help so the case isn’t dismissed on such a technicality.
“They should be scared.”
The hospital knows that the medical record holds all the evidence that is needed to take them to task.
Rebecca wants this case to bring exposure to all those who have lost someone to hospital killing protocols.
“It’s all in God’s hands.”
Can we get a big showing of support from all over the nation today? Even your smallest donation will inspire Rebecca, whose heart will sing with gratitude.
Here is the information on the GSG:
Fundraising for Legal Fees: Justice for Danielle, a Life Taken Too Soon by Hospital's Covid Protocol
Say No to Profits Over Lives. Help Us Seek Justice for Our Beloved Danielle.
Danielle, our loving and caring daughter, was known for her volunteering services at Sunrise Assisted Living in Glen Cove for 10 years. She was a survivor, a shining light in our lives after overcoming oxygen deprivation at birth. Just weeks after celebrating her 28th birthday, we took her to Northwell Health Hospital in Glen Cove, NY, on 8/27/2021, only to lose our precious girl 40 days later. Her life was taken too soon due to the hospital's covid protocol, putting profits before saving lives.
Why We Need Your Support
Danielle was tragically subjected to a medical protocol involving 10 rounds of Remdesivir without our consent, a drug known to cause kidney failure and heart damage. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended against its use in covid patients. Despite this, the hospital used it under their protocol in pursuit of a 20% bonus payment from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare.
Her tragedy did not end there. They put her on a ventilator on day 8 with an SPO2 level of 95%. For 32 days, she was administered Propofol, Fentanyl, and Precedex, drugs that should never be used together for prolonged periods, as they suppress breathing. She was alone, tied to the bed without food or water, leading to malnourishment.
Danielle passed away, a victim of hospitals prioritizing profits over her well-being. Join our fight for justice against this reckless disregard for human life.
Our Mission: Seek Accountability for the Pain Inflicted on Our Beloved Danielle
We are dedicated to raising funds to pay for legal fees and holding Northwell Health Hospital, Glen Cove, New York accountable for their cruel actions and lack of care during Danielle's last days on this earth. We have already conducted a private autopsy, which revealed that our daughter's lungs were severely damaged in the last two weeks of her life.
These hospitals have tragically become death chambers, with over 1 million Americans euthanized since 2020. We cannot allow these inhumane practices to continue. We cannot forget the suffering Danielle endured and the lives of countless others lost.
Stand With Us in This Fight for Justice!
Please support our cause by donating to our fundraising campaign for legal fees. Any contribution, small or large, will help us in our quest for justice for Danielle and to end these profiteering-driven hospital practices.
Donate Now and Stand up for Those Whose Lives Were Taken Too Soon
Don't let Danielle's death be in vain. Together, we can make a difference and hold those who prioritize profits over lives accountable. Stand with us!
After four months arguing as to why this is not “political” but “to increase awareness”, Rebecca successfully launched her Death by Hospital Protocol App: How a New App Puts Accountability in Your Hands.
For now, it is only available as a Google App for android phones. Apple and iPhone capability is pending.
Rebecca started this App so that Danielle’s death was not in vain. She paid for the server and will open up an iPhone equivalent. You can add the doctor who performed the protocol, write in his or her names, and include the doctor’s medical license number.
Please also see Charles Wright’s Podcast Interview of Rebecca here:
The statute of limitations to file a wrongful death or loss of companionship lawsuit had passed. The April 9, 2024 suit is for medical malpractice and negligence. On April 5, 2024, literally just one hour and 11 minutes before the Statute ended - and without representation by a lawyer - Rebecca filed the lawsuit.
Trying to Stay Out of the Hospital?
DEATH BY HOSPITAL PROTOCOL APP. I have read the current Death by Hospital Protocol APP stories of those who were murdered in the hospital. and each one is so heartwarming and tragic. But this is the way that God impressed Rebecca to move forward and help others: to develop a FREE APP, “Death by Hospital Protocol” or Dbhp. The primary goal is to share information on which hospitals, doctors, and medical license numbers are associated with a death by hospital protocol.
Thank you for being in the lives of Rebecca and Steven, who live without their beautiful daughter. Help Danielle’s life be of extreme significance as not only Your Child, but as a Special Needs person who was eventually left alone and without her mother or an advocate, denying the presence of a loving family member.
We ask you to bless Rebecca with Your Love and Light. And we thank you for her strength in creating the Dbhp APP that can be shared all over the world. Please bless the APP, help it to grow and name hospitals and doctors who did the wrong things. Help it to bless those who need a hospital and are able to go there and find the one(s) to avoid.
Bless Rebecca’s case. Help her find a lawyer who has the strength to carry this case to its ultimate fruition. Don’t allow the next 30 days to go by without some progress in this regard, Oh Holy Father! We call for a miracle! Whether it is one donor or many small donations, Dear Lord, please help the funding come in so that Rebecca can bring this case to the rest of the world. Multiply the forces at stake so that she can be validated as a mother who lost her daughter in the most atrocious way.
Bless all those who have heard of Danielle’s case. Help one lawyer to take this case and present it in a jury trial. We ask this in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
Thank you for sharing, caring, praying, and giving to help Rebecca’s case.
Oh my goodness, I am seriously praying for this family. Absolutely heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time. I have a special needs grown son, and we've had to go in and out of hospital a few times in Texas.
My heart hurts for this mother and I am definitely going to be praying and following this story ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
Oh my goodness, I am seriously praying for this family. Absolutely heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time. I have a special needs grown son, and we've had to go in and out of hospital a few times in Texas.
My heart hurts for this mother and I am definitely going to be praying and following this story ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
Well said