{"id":6656,"date":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2020-06-15T03:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T03:10:07","slug":"lorna-breen-emergency-department-medical-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=6656","title":{"rendered":"Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lorna Breen \u2013 an Emergency Department Medical Director at  NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide) \u2013 passed away on 26 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Lorna was 49 years old.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cThe victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries,\u201d Mr. Hawn said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Breen\u2019s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took on patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe tried to do her job, and it killed her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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