Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide
Source: New York Times
A top emergency room doctor at a major Manhattan hospital that treated coronavirus patients died by suicide on Sunday, according to her father.
Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview.
Her father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took on patients.
“She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” he said.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/nyregion/new-york-city-doctor-suicide-coronavirus.html
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Just devastating. I can't even imagine the toll this virus took on her soul.
I'm holding Trump responsible for her death too.
RIP doctor.
This is sad beyond belief. The trauma these health professionals are experiencing is going to be severe and long lasting. I'm pretty sure this will be a topic of discussion later this week on Doctor Radio, where they've been paying particular attention to this aspect of the pandemic, the wear and tear on health professionals.
They're human beings like the rest of us. And when you try to do your job with pride and you get shit on by 62 million drones at the behest of the impeached command-in-chief, it could send people over the top. 'What am I doing this thankless job for anyway. Fuck-it, I'm outta here!'
My heart goes out to Dr. Breen's family. Just heartbreaking! 
Their scarlet letter.
RIP to her and heartfelt condolences to her family.
Surrounded by so much death, day in and day out.
May she rest in peace.
Dr. Lorna M. Breen
“She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” he said.
The elder Dr. Breen said his daughter had contracted the coronavirus but had gone back to work after recuperating for about a week and a half. The hospital sent her home again, before her family intervened to bring her to Charlottesville, he said.
Dr. Breen, 49, did not have a history of mental illness, her father said. But he said that when he last spoke with her, she seemed detached, and he could tell something was wrong. She had described to him an onslaught of patients who were dying before they could even be taken out of ambulances.
“She was truly in the trenches of the front line,” he said.
He added: “Make sure she’s praised as a hero, because she was. She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”
of fire hydrant pressure emergency after emergency, coupled with realistic dread of catching and spreading it, has got to be profoundly defeating for these kind souls.
May this Scourge of Trump end soon. And may all the caregivers and emergency/medical personnel live to thrive in the near future.
Poor, poor woman, RIP.
I'm so sorry for your loss. R.I.P.
I guess it is similar to PTSD!
As do nurses. Health care providers are suffering so badly...the stress is almost unbearable. And for Dr. Breen, it was.
I'm all the more angry with that slimy narcissist & his ignorant followers. It didn't have to get this bad.
Dr. Breen, 49, did not have a history of mental illness, her father said. But he said that when he last spoke with her, she seemed detached, and he could tell something was wrong. She had described to him an onslaught of patients who were dying before they could even be taken out of ambulances.
May she rest in peace.
sad.
