The 60-year-old New Jersey doctor was reported to have been coughing a lot and had breathing issues days before he died.
. He is the first emergency physician in the country to die with COVID-19 symptoms.
While Gabrin was not tested for the COVID-19 virus, the pair believed Gabrin was infected as he had been treating patients with symptoms similar to ones he had experienced days before his death. "When he got sick he told me, 'I know exactly when I got sick. It's when I had to reuse my mask,'" Lyons told The New York Post, confirming that Gabrin had also worked at St. John's Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens."He had one pair of gloves. They ran out of the large and extra-large gloves and Frank had to try to wear a size medium. Every time he put them on they ripped. They ran out of soap," she added.
The East Orange General Hospital said in a statement,"We are committed to ensuring the safety of our patients, staff and physicians. We currently have sufficient staffing, supplies and equipment—including N95 respirators and face masks—on hand to care for patients."
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