An ER doctor who continued to treat patients after she recovered from Covid-19 has died by suicide
(CNN) - A New York City emergency room doctor who recovered from Covid-19 and continued to treat coronavirus patients has died by suicide, her father confirmed to CNN.
Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, died a hero, said her father, Philip Breen.
"She was in the trenches," he said. "She was a hero."
Lorna Breen died Sunday morning by suicide in Charlottesville, Virginia, her father said.
Breen worked in the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian hospital system.