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After Dr. Lorna Breen Died By Suicide in April, Her Family Took Up a Cause They Never Wanted

By Jordan Grantham | on September 10, 2020 | 3 Comments
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Dr. Lorna Breen (left) with sister Jennifer.
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3 Responses to “After Dr. Lorna Breen Died By Suicide in April, Her Family Took Up a Cause They Never Wanted”

  1. September 30, 2020

    Tina Hill Reply

    My doctor, Christian Gallery, of Merced, California died by suicide this week. He was a very caring, intellectual, compassionate man. I wish more people were aware of the stress created by this epidemic on our medical providers and general public. Thank you for sharing her story

  2. December 16, 2020

    Delaine Ayers Reply

    Dear GOD, please heal us!

  3. May 1, 2021

    Lucy Holm/Derbyshire Reply

    I was in nursing ever since age 17 and nursed all over the USA. When I read about this doctor today, on my mother’s 105th birthday back last year, I cried all the way through the article. Since that day, I have prayed constantly for her parents, and her sister. I even drew a piece of art for the Topsham Library art show January 2021 in honor of her titled, “Peaceful Feeling.” Her death, has greatly affected my thinking after being in the nursing profession from 1965 to this present day.

    The comment I made when I first read her article was that she should have a purple heart for fighting a different war. Nurses, doctors, and medical staff fight disease each and every day. There we fight unseen eneimies. God is the only one that help in this fight.

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