A New York ICU doctor who postponed his retirement to treat coronavirus patients has died from COVID-19

https://www.insider.com/nyc-icu-doctor-came-out-of-retirement-died-covid-19-2020-5

Julia Naftulin
May 19, 2020


Dr. James Mahoney was a pulmonary specialist and ICU doctor at University Hospital in Brooklyn.

Mahoney was 62 and supposed to retire, but when the pandemic hit New York, he decided to keep working.

He died from COVID-19 after treating patients with the condition, which is caused by the coronavirus.

As a longtime doctor at an underfunded Brooklyn hospital that served the poor and black community, medical students, colleagues, and patients looked at Mahoney as a hero.

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His lasting presence at the facility will be missed, by both his colleagues and black medical students who saw Mahoney as a role model.

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