Top ER doctor who treated Coronavirus patients, commits suicide after telling family about the trauma of witnessing patients die
A top emergency room (ER) doctor treating Coronavirus patients in New York City has died by suicide over the weekend, her family members have revealed.
Dr. Lorna M. Breen, 48, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sunday.
Breen's family said that in the days leading up to her death, she recounted series of traumatic scenes she'd witnessed working in the Manhattan hospital, including an onslaught of patients dying in front of her before they could even be removed from ambulances.
Breen had recently contracted COVID-19 but had returned to work after a week-and-a-half of rest. After the hospital sent her home, she re-located to Charlottesville to recuperate under the instructions of her f...