Lorna Breen Explained

Lorna Breen
Birth Name:Lorna Margaret Breen
Birth Date:1970 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Death Place:Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation:Physician

Lorna Margaret Breen (October 9, 1970 – April 26, 2020)[1] was an American physician who was the emergency room director at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She died by suicide in 2020, while taking a break with family in Charlottesville, Virginia during the coronavirus pandemic.

Early life

Breen was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and raised in Danville, Pennsylvania.[2] She graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1988.[3] She received a master's degree at Cornell University and attended Medical College of Virginia before doing a residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.[4] [5]

Career

Breen worked in The Allen Hospital at the NewYork-Presbyterian, where during spring of 2020 she treated patients with COVID-19. She contracted the virus herself then went back to work after isolating for a week and a half. On a family break in Charlottesville, Virginia, she died by suicide on April 26, 2020.[6] [7] Her father said: "She was truly in the trenches of the frontline. She tried to do her job, and it killed her [...] Make sure she’s praised as a hero. Because she was, she’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died."[8]

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Notes and References

  1. A Doctor's Emergency. Vanity Fair. 11 April 2021. 17 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417203509/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/will-lorna-breens-death-change-doctors-mental-health. live.
  2. Web site: Dr. Lorna M. Breen was born and raised in Danville. The Express. en-US. 2020-05-01. 2020-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20200506050616/https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2020/04/dr-lorna-m-breen-was-born-and-raised-in-danville/. live.
  3. Web site: Wyoming Seminary alumni react to suicide of NYC doctor, former classmate. Hallikaar. Viktoria. 2020-04-29. WOLF. 2020-05-01. 2022-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20220826152842/https://fox56.com/news/local/wyoming-seminary-alumni-react-to-suicide-of-nyc-doctor-former-classmate. live.
  4. News: 'I Couldn't Do Anything': The Virus and an E.R. Doctor's Suicide. Corina Knoll . Ali Watkins . Michael Rothfeld . The New York Times. July 11, 2020. August 26, 2022. August 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809140210/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/nyregion/lorna-breen-suicide-coronavirus.html. live.
  5. Web site: Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Doctor directory – Lorna M. Breen M.D.. https://web.archive.org/web/20200428020600/https://www.columbiadoctors.org/lorna-m-breen-md. April 28, 2020.
  6. News: Watkins. Ali. Rothfeld. Michael. Rashbaum. William K.. Rosenthal. Brian M.. 2020-04-27. Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-05-01. 0362-4331. 2020-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20200509180336/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/nyregion/new-york-city-doctor-suicide-coronavirus.html. live.
  7. News: NYC emergency doctor dies by suicide, underscoring a secondary danger of the pandemic. Iati. Marisa. Bellware. Kim. 2020-04-29. The Washington Post. en. 2020-05-01. 2020-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200501010245/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/28/nyc-doctor-lorna-breen-coronavirus/. live.
  8. Web site: New York ER doctor who treated coronavirus patients dies by suicide . Evelyn . Kenya . April 28, 2020 . The Guardian . May 7, 2020 . May 5, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200505220935/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/28/dr-lorna-breen-new-york-er-coronavirus . live .

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