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Friday, April 2, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 14
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO SPRING
GOP ANNOUNCES SLATE FOR TOWN
CURRAN DELIVERS STATE OF THE COUNTY
PAGES 25-40
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Coronavirus claims life of Albertson mom
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Jane Yeh’s passing follows death of unborn child in Jan. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ An Albertson mother of five was pregnant with her sixth child when she contracted the coronavirus, which led to her death and the loss of her unborn child. Jane Yeh, 41, who lived with her husband, Jackson, and their five children, was admitted to a Northwell Health facility on Jan. 19 after having difficulty breathing the previous three days. Health care officials determined that Yeh contracted the coronavirus as well as pneumonia, according to an account on a memorial page posted on the internet and shared by her husband. Yeh’s condition grew worse after several days, according to the account. She was transferred to the hospital’s intensive care unit and put into a medically in-
duced coma while hooked up to a ventilator. It was there where Yeh’s unborn child died due to the trauma induced by the coma. Yeh’s condition seemed to remain stable for the next week until her blood pressure began to decrease, according to the account. Yeh was given vasopressors, medicine that constricts blood vessels to treat people suffering from extremely low blood pressure, while doctors attempted to get to the heart of her condition. Doctors eventually found out that Yeh had contracted two staph infections and her body went into septic shock, according to the account. The combination of the virus, pneumonia and two staph infections resulted in Yeh’s liver, kidneys, lungs and heart starting to fail. Yeh’s husband held her hand as she took her final breath Continued on Page 45
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SEWANHAKA SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Sewanhaka school district’s Senior Robotics Club competed and received several awards at a FIRST Tech Challenge Regional Qualifying Tournament organized by the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island Inc.
Nichole Allen appointed Sewanhaka principal BY K AT I E F E N T O N Nichole Allen, a longtime administrator at Sewanhaka High School, has been named principal. The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of
Education made the appointment at a meeting on March 23. Allen had served for eight months as interim principal, a role which school officials say she excelled in. Allen is no stranger to the task of overseeing and sup-
porting more than 1,600 students every day. She served as assistant principal of Sewanhaka High School from 2007 to 2020. In July, she was named interim principal following the departure of former Principal Continued on Page 45
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