Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide

When you are called to save the planet, it’s a must that you detach your emotions from human suffering.

While it’s easy said, doing it can be quite difficult for a heart-centered person who has committed their life to saving the lives of others.

On Sunday, a top emergency room doctor at a Manhattan hospital that treated many coronavirus patients died by suicide, her father said.

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.

Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department, said in an email that officers on Sunday responded to a call seeking medical assistance.

“The victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries,” Mr. Hawn said.

Helping others and watching human suffering can take a toll on even the strongest human beings.

Dr. Breen’s 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.

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 was was 49-years-old.

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