
COVID anniversary shines new light on effort to support doctors' mental health
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As Congress considers the Lorna Breen Act, Drs. Randy Pilgrim and Bentley Tate are on the front lines calling for more support for physicians' mental health.
Dr. Lorna Breen was chief of the ER department at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Known by colleagues as a tireless worker who cared about patients and protocol, Breen committed suicide while on a short break in Virginia in the midst of the pandemic to get a break from the high-pressure world of emergency medical care. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
A New York Times story quoted Breen’s father as calling her death a "casualty" of the pandemic and said she had no history of mental illness, but had seemed "detached" as of late. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Proponents of the Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act told Fox News Digital that the mental strain, burnout, and stress of working in a high-pressure, life-saving field demand stronger support systems. Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.