Lorna M. Breen, a New York emergency-room doctor who’d treated many coronavirus cases, died by suicide on Sunday at the age of 49
Dr. Lorna M. Breen Photo: Chris Leary/ColumbiaDoctors On Monday, the New York Times reported that an emergency-room doctor named Lorna M. Breen who’d treated many coronavirus cases died by suicide on Sunday at the age of 49. Local police and her father confirmed to the New York Times that Breen, who worked as the medical director of the emergency department at New York–Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she’d been staying with family.
Breen’s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, told the Times that his daughter, who had no prior history of mental illness, had spoken about the horrifying state of the hospital and patients she treated amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, where 16,673 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19. He said that the last time he spoke to his daughter she seemed withdrawn and described patients dying before they could even exit the ambulance.
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