Vanity Fairさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Vanity FairInstagram)「In March, Dr. Lorna Breen warned her sister about the impending pandemic: "This country isn't ready. We don’t have the supplies. We don’t have the protocols." As the medical director of the emergency department at a New York City hospital, she had a reputation for calm under pressure. She had her dream job. She played cello in an orchestra and was working on an advanced degree in healthcare leadership. She had no known history of mental illness. But by April, with the city’s death rate spiking to six times its normal level and emergency systems and personnel pushed past their limits, she would suffer a mental health crisis. Breen died by suicide on April 26. She was 49 years old. Nearly 200,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and in light of that, Breen’s death has opened up a painful conversation about what we ask of our overworked first responders. Her still-grieving family hopes all this loss—her degree unfinished, her orchestra’s next score unlearned—can lead to widespread change in a professional culture often disinclined to take its own mental health seriously. Read the full story at the link in bio. #StandWithLorna」9月18日 5時09分