Head of the emergency Department at the hospital of the city of new York received a psychological trauma when treating patients with novel coronavirus infection was infected and committed suicide. This publication reports the New York Post.
the 49-year-old Lorna Breen (Breen Lorna) contracted COVID-19 and moved to my parents ‘ house in Charlottesville, Virginia. After two weeks of treatment she felt better and returned to new York for work, but colleagues sent her back home to recuperate. Unable to cope with psychological pressure in connection with the pandemic, she killed herself.
Her father Philip told me that she was at the forefront in the fight against coronavirus and have seen endless death, infected with a virus SARS-CoV-2 people. Some of her patients died, unable to leave the emergency Department.
Colleagues described Breen as a talented doctor who wanted to do everything possible for their patients. The hospital where she worked, said that now it is important to support family, friends and colleagues Brin. “After all, they are trying to survive the tragedy at such a difficult time for everyone”, — said the medics.
Earlier it was reported that a nurse from the Italian city of Monza committed suicide after her test for coronavirus was positive. She feared that infected others.
