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05:39, 29-Apr-2020
Frontline healthcare workers are struggling
with both mental and physical burdens stemming from the surge of patient
deaths related to COVID-19. As they fend off the virus as best they can
with PPE, they are finding there is no adequate protection from the
emotional trauma. Doctors already have among the highest reported
suicide rates, more than double the general population according to some
surveys. Will the pandemic cause more to take their own lives?
Dr. Lorna Breen
Recently, Dr. Lorna Breen, a
Manhattan ER doctor killed herself. Her father, Dr. Phillip Breen, told
reporters that she didn't have any history of mental health problems,
but recently had been shaken by her work with coronavirus patients, with
some even dying even before they could be taken out of the ambulance.
"She tried to do her job, and it killed her," Breen said of his
daughter.
EMT John Mondello
A 23-year-old EMT in New York
worked for less than three months in his new career before ending his
own life. The rookie technician was put to work on the Tactical Response
Group which was working in the busiest COVID-19 areas of New York City.
A few weeks before his suicide he reportedly told colleagues that the
deaths were weighing on him.
In Russia, one doctor is dead, while another is in critical condition following a pair of somewhat mysterious incidents in which suicide has been suggested. Both fell from high windows in separate hospitals. Dr. Natalia Lebedeva discovered and treated the first patient in Russia's cosmonaut training facility. She was later accused of not doing enough to stop the spread of the virus and died from a fall from her hospital room window in what has been officially ruled an 'accident.'
In Russia, one doctor is dead, while another is in critical condition following a pair of somewhat mysterious incidents in which suicide has been suggested. Both fell from high windows in separate hospitals. Dr. Natalia Lebedeva discovered and treated the first patient in Russia's cosmonaut training facility. She was later accused of not doing enough to stop the spread of the virus and died from a fall from her hospital room window in what has been officially ruled an 'accident.'
Dr. Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, a Russian doctor is in critical care after falling from a hospital window.
As other healthcare workers suffer and COVID-19 continues to spread, more questions are being raised on ways to support the mental health of our frontline workers.
A Kaiser Family Foundation report notes: "Research indicates that burnout in hospitals is particularly high for young registered nurses and nurses in hospitals with lower nurse-to-patient densities. Physicians are also prone to experiencing burnout and can consequently suffer from mental health issues, including depression and substance use. The risk of suicide is also high among physicians."
Will medics be given the mental and emotional support they need?
Second Russian Doctor Falls From Hospital Window Amid Coronavirus
Updated:
A second Russian doctor has fallen from a hospital
building in a week as the country's health system continues to grapple
with the coronavirus pandemic, with authorities ruling her death a tragic accident.
Natalia Lebedeva, the chief EMS officer at a cosmonaut training center outside Moscow, plunged to her death Friday from the window of a hospital room where she was placed with Covid-19 symptoms earlier last week.
Natalia Lebedeva, the chief EMS officer at a cosmonaut training center outside Moscow, plunged to her death Friday from the window of a hospital room where she was placed with Covid-19 symptoms earlier last week.
“Natalia Lebedeva tragically died in an accident on
April 24,” the Federal Micro-Biological Agency (FMBA), her employer,
said in a statement Monday.
The FMBA said it was investigating Lebedeva’s death jointly with Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes.
Unconfirmed reports citing her colleagues suggested that Lebedeva may have taken her own life after facing accusations of allowing a Covid-19 outbreak to spread among the cosmonaut training center’s medical staff. Lebedeva reportedly contracted Covid-19 from Star City colleagues she had helped hospitalize.
News of Lebedeva’s death comes days after the chief doctor of a repurposed coronavirus hospital in Siberia fell from the hospital’s fifth-floor window following talks with health officials. Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, who allegedly opposed admitting Covid-19 patients due to protective equipment shortages and a lack of training among staff, was said to be in critical condition.
Lebedeva’s name appears alongside 71 other Russian and Belarussian doctors who have died from coronavirus-related complications in an unofficial list compiled by their colleagues mistrustful of official figures.
Russia’s space chief said 111 space industry workers have been infected with Covid-19 as of Monday, three of whom have died.
The FMBA said it was investigating Lebedeva’s death jointly with Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes.
Unconfirmed reports citing her colleagues suggested that Lebedeva may have taken her own life after facing accusations of allowing a Covid-19 outbreak to spread among the cosmonaut training center’s medical staff. Lebedeva reportedly contracted Covid-19 from Star City colleagues she had helped hospitalize.
News of Lebedeva’s death comes days after the chief doctor of a repurposed coronavirus hospital in Siberia fell from the hospital’s fifth-floor window following talks with health officials. Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, who allegedly opposed admitting Covid-19 patients due to protective equipment shortages and a lack of training among staff, was said to be in critical condition.
Lebedeva’s name appears alongside 71 other Russian and Belarussian doctors who have died from coronavirus-related complications in an unofficial list compiled by their colleagues mistrustful of official figures.
Russia’s space chief said 111 space industry workers have been infected with Covid-19 as of Monday, three of whom have died.
Family of New York ER doctor who died by suicide: Getting COVID 'altered her brain'
Dr.
Lorna Breen's tragic death has left her loved ones reeling, and brings
attention to the mental health challenges currently facing health care
workers.
By Gina Vivinetto and Scott Stump
The
nation mourned this week when Dr. Lorna Breen, a New York emergency
room doctor who battled to save the lives of coronavirus patients, died by suicide.
Jennifer
and Corey Feist, Breen's sister and brother-in-law, opened up about
their loss to Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview on TODAY
Thursday. Jennifer Feist believes that Breen, 49, who was ill with
COVID-19 herself before returning to oversee the emergency room at New
York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, was tormented by the fact that she
couldn't help more people.
"She said it was like Armageddon," Jennifer Feist said. "She said, 'There are so many sick people everywhere.'
"She
said, 'People are just dying in the waiting room before they even get
in. There aren't enough hookups for the oxygen to help them. They're not
getting admitted fast enough. We can't keep up.'"
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The
couple also shared that Breen called them earlier this month asking for
help during struggles with her mental health, saying she "couldn't get
out of her chair." Her sister had a friend of Breen's drive her from New
York to Philadelphia, where a high school friend picked her up and took
her to Baltimore.
Jennifer Feist met her
sister there and brought her straight to the emergency room at UVA
Health in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she stayed for 11 days. She
then moved in with the Feists this past weekend before dying by suicide
at their Charlottesville home on Sunday.
Feist believes the virus impacted her sister's brain in negative ways.
"When
you think about what happened to Lorna, do you believe it was a result
of her being sick with COVID or do you believe it was a result of her
having to work so hard under these incredibly strenuous conditions?"
Savannah asked.
"I know it in my heart that
it was both. She had COVID. And I believe that it altered her brain.
Then she went back to the most horrific, unimaginable conditions," said
Feist. "And for somebody whose life's calling is helping people, and she
just couldn't help enough people. And the combination was just
untenable."
"She had 12-hour shifts," Feist
added. "When she finished, she said, 'I can't leave. Nobody's leaving. I
have to stay and help.'"
"I kept telling my sister, you know, 'You
can't — if you can't function, you can't help anybody. You have to
sleep. You have to rest.' And she just didn't want to give up," said
Feist.
The Feists are speaking out about
Breen in the hope of bringing awareness to the mental health issues that
health care workers under enormous strain can face.
"I'm
hearing so much from people who work in health care saying, 'We always
have to be brave. We always have to be strong. It's not okay to say that
you're suffering,''' Feist said. "There's a stigma.
"I
know my sister felt like she couldn't sit down. She couldn't stop
working, and she certainly couldn't tell anybody she was struggling. And
that needs to be a conversation that changes. People need to be able to
say they're suffering and to take a break."
The couple has also set up the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Fund in her memory to provide mental health support to health care workers.
"For
those who are working together, if you have a colleague or a friend and
you are wondering if they're suffering, they probably are," Feist said.
And you should reach out to that person."
Feist implored Breen to take better care of herself. But the late doctor was determined to save as many lives as she could.
