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A New Jersey emergency physician died shortly after experiencing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, according to his family and colleagues.
Dr Frank Gabrin, 60, who worked at East Orange General Hospital, died about a week after developing symptoms of coronavirus, her husband Arnold Vargas Recount local media.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) said Gabrin was the first emergency physician in the nation to die from apparent coronavirus symptoms.
“He had a lot of coughing and two days ago he was very sick,” Vargas said. NJ advance media. Vargas said Gabrin woke up on Tuesday saying, “Baby, I can’t breathe.”
Vargas told NBC News they called authorities after Gabrin woke up with chest pains, but died in their New York apartment before help arrived.
Gabrin had not been tested for COVID-19, but Vargas said her husband was sure he had been infected because he treated people with the same symptoms.
CAPE President Dr. William Jaquis is in mourning Gabin’s death in a report Wednesday doubling on the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals.
“We are deeply saddened to learn that a former CAPE member and our current colleague on the front line – an emergency doctor – has lost his battle with this virus,” Jaquis said.
“Emergency physicians understand that sometimes in our efforts to save your life, we may end up sacrificing our own. This is not a decision taken lightly or a position given up when needed. We know the risks of the job we signed up for, but we are on the front line in this historic war against COVID-19 with insufficient protection,” Jaquis added.
Jaquis invited the public to take a “pause,” a moment he said medical professionals use to stop fast-paced emergency medicine and reflect, in Gabrin’s honor.
“Tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST, while many of you are safe at home, please stand with the emergency care teams and pause in honor of a life lost first line,” he said. “And remember, you can do your part to help emergency physicians by staying home and taking the appropriate steps to protect yourself and your loved ones.”
Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Brown University, said Gabrin was a leader in the field of emergency medicine.
“It breaks my heart,” she said in an interview with MSNBC chuck toddCharles (Chuck) David ToddThe Hill’s Morning Report – US Warns Kremlin, Sends More Troops to Europe Compromised Spending Package MORE. Ranney said she knew Gabrin and was unaware of his death until Todd mentioned it in the interview moments before.
BREAKING: America’s first ER doctor dies of COVID-19.
dr. @meganranneywho knew him, reacts: “He was a leader in the field of emergencies. … Unless our government steps in and gives us the protective equipment we need, he will be the first of many of my colleagues.” pic.twitter.com/UVyR4xdU2C
– Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 1, 2020
“I hope he is the first of the few emergency doctors to die, but if Italy and China are any guide, unless our government steps in and gives us the protective equipment we need. , he will be the first of many of my colleagues to succumb. to COVID-19.
Dr. Alvaro Alban, chair of the emergency department at East Orange General Hospital, told NBC News that Gabrin was “a lovely, caring and wonderful job with.”
“He had every intention of helping. He was eager to continue working in the ER and was disappointed when he started having symptoms. His intention was for his fever to go down. Dr. Gabrin was motivated, on a mission and wanted to keep working,” Alban said in a statement.
