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Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, was a New York City emergency room doctor who was on the “front lines” of the fight against the coronavirus has died by suicide.
She worked at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital and had traveled to Virginia this past weekend when she took her life on Sunday, according to Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department.
via NY Post [1]
The father said his 49-year-old daughter, who died Sunday, had no history of mental illness. But he said that the last time they spoke, she told him how excruciating it was to have to continually watch contagion patients die, including some even before they could be taken from the ambulance.
“She was truly in the trenches on the front line,” Philip Breen told the Times.
“Make sure she’s praised as a hero,” he added. “She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”
Breen had allegedly come down with the virus and tried to go back to work after recovering. They sent her home, where she went to Virginia to stay with her family. According to a colleague, Breen had worked to get protective equipment for her staff members, then checked on them by text while she was recuperating.
A top emergency room doctor at a major Manhattan hospital that treated coronavirus patients died by suicide on Sunday, according to her father.
"She tried to do her job, and it killed her," said the father of Dr. Lorna M. Breen. https://t.co/C0x72KAEtT [2]
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 27, 2020 [3]
This is absolutely devastating. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died by suicide on Sunday. She had been treating #COVID19 [4] patients – “She tried to do her job, and it killed her.” https://t.co/T9jX8wJzSC [5]
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) April 27, 2020 [6]
This is absolutely tragic and an indicator of a system that has failed medical professionals across our country. Dr. Lorna M. Breen will be remembered as a hero. Make sure you're checking in on any frontline workers you may know. https://t.co/qZ24rIhkXI [7]
— Christina Finello (@FinelloForPA) April 27, 2020 [8]
https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1254862118274256896
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on April 27, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com [9] and is used by permission.
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