Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director
Lorna Breen – an Emergency Department Medical Director at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide) – passed away on 26 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Lorna was 49 years old.
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.
Dr. Breen’s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took ...
