Dr. Lorna M. Breen, 49. (NewYork Presbyterian The Allen Hospital) NEW YORK - The family of an emergency room doctor in upper Manhattan says she killed herself after becoming distraught over coronavirus.
Dr. Lorna M. Breen, 49, was the medical director of NewYork-Presbyterian The Allen Hospital. Her father told the NY Times that she had gotten sick at work and returned a week and a half later but was sent home by the hospital again.
She then went to stay with her family in Charlottesville, Virginia where she took her life on Sunday. Just days before, Breen’s father said she told him how painful it was to see her patients die.