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Opinion Health-care workers face incredible stress, and they need care, too

July 26, 2020 at 5:09 p.m. EDT
Doctors and nurses wearing protective gear treat a patient in the covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on June 29. (Go Nakamura/Bloomberg)

Regarding Esther Choo’s July 22 Wednesday Opinion essay, “Doctors are being pushed to the brink. They need help.”:

Tragically, Lorna Breen’s suicide is not unique. About 400 U.S. doctors die by suicide yearly, equivalent to the graduates of two medical schools annually. Although Dr. Breen’s treatment was not effective, interventions often work.