Hospital confirms Kate's pranked nurse found dead
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Royal hoax DJs taken off air amid anger over death
By Madeleine Coorey | AFP News – 1 hour 13 minutes ago -
These 2 aussies have gone overboard.
Rest in peace,nurse.
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related to fone call?
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not sure. Great suspicion it is. DEath right after the prank.
For people who did not pay close attention would mistaken that was the real Queen on the line. Sounds a little like Queen E.
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I've been reading the reports on this the whole morning. The nurse who was found dead, merely put the call through to another nurse. Barely had any conversation with the prank callers.
So there is no link between her death and the prank callers. Other than the fact, it was pure coincidence. You see how people react when they try to link 2 separate events into one, because the reports word it that way?
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Originally posted by SJS6638:
Royal hoax DJs taken off air amid anger over death
By Madeleine Coorey | AFP News – 1 hour 13 minutes ago-
Hospital confirms Kate's pranked nurse found deadReuters Videos 1:32Hospital official says the nurse who treated the Duchess of Cambridge and was pranked by radio show hosts …
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/kate-hospital-hoax-call-staffer-suspected-suicide-153607381.html
Two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine were taken off the air on Saturday after the nurse who took the call was found dead in a suspected suicide.
Jacintha Saldanha answered the phone when presenters from Sydney's 2Day FM called pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and William's father Prince Charles, before passing it onto a colleague who divulged details of Kate's condition.
Saldanha was found dead on Friday, with police saying her death was not being treated as suspicious. Her employers, London's private King Edward VII hospital, refused to comment on media reports that she had taken her own life.
News of the death prompted a furious outpouring against the radio station and the two presenters involved, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who are said to be "deeply shocked" by the turn of events.
"It's fair to say they are completely shattered," Rhys Holleran, chief executive of Southern Cross Austereo which owns 2Day FM, said of the pair who had only been presenting together for a couple of weeks.
Holleran said the station and the hosts had decided that their show will not return "until further notice out of respect of what can only be described as a tragedy".
The radio station's Facebook page has been bombarded with thousands of comments on the death, many attacking the presenters and calling for them to be sacked while at least one major company has withdrawn its advertising.
"Not so darn funny now is it? A British nurse is DEAD for the sake of a couple of cheap laughs. Shame on you!" wrote Kim Wilson.
Police said they had been called to an address close to the hospital on Friday morning following reports that a woman was unconscious, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The death is being treated as unexplained," a statement said, while a spokesman said results of a post-mortem were due this weekend.
The family of the nurse, who reportedly had two children, appealed for privacy while they came to terms with her death.
"We as a family are deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved Jacintha," they said in a statement.
More than 13,650 comments had hit the 2Day FM page by Saturday afternoon, some saying Greig and Christian had blood on their hands and calling angrily for them to be dismissed.
For some the incident had echoes of Prince William's mother Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi.
"One would think... the death of Princess Diana would have taught the media a lesson about invasion of privacy of the royal family, but I guess not," said one commentator posting as Lora LB.
Prince William and Kate have said they were "deeply saddened" by Saldanha's death, while Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard said it was a "terrible tragedy".
The hoax caused a global media storm, coming barely a day after the palace revealed the 30-year-old royal was pregnant following her admission to hospital on Monday with severe morning sickness where she stayed three nights.
Greig and Christian apologised after an uproar in Britain but the station initially milked the publicity as the "biggest royal prank ever".
In the phone call, in which Greig impersonated Queen Elizabeth II, Saldanha is heard saying, "Oh yes, just hold on, Ma'am", before putting her through to another nurse who revealed that Kate "hasn't had any retching with me since I've been on duty and she has been sleeping on and off".
The royals did not complain about the incident but it sparked intense media coverage and the chief executive of the hospital, John Lofthouse, said staff had been trying to help Saldanha "through this very difficult time".
The Australian presenters had insisted their hoax was lighthearted and even Prince Charles joked about the incident, saying to reporters asking him about Kate's condition on Thursday: "How do you know I'm not a radio station?"
But the joke divided the public in Australia, with some seeing it as "a bit of harmless fun" and others saying a line had been crossed and everyone had a right to privacy.
The widespread shock at the nurse's death is a sharp contrast with the excitement that greeted the announcement of a new royal heir this week. William and Kate's first child will be third in line to the British throne.
its aussie culture to turn everything from royalty to even foreign military powers into a joke and for laughs for their pure entertainment.they neither care about life and limb of others as they know they are far away n protected by their aussie police.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
I've been reading the reports on this the whole morning. The nurse who was found dead, merely put the call through to another nurse. Barely had any conversation with the prank callers.
So there is no link between her death and the prank callers. Other than the fact, it was pure coincidence. You see how people react when they try to link 2 separate events into one, because the reports word it that way?
nasty aussies from overseas caused suicide of medical staff in the united kingdom.
what so hard to understand here?is your degree a educated joke as well?maybe it had a made in china stamped at back of your degree or something...
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Bloody useless Aussie bums mess up the poor girl's life. To those idiots they think they are smarty pants with their practical joke. The consequence - someone innocent paid the price .....
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Originally posted by Army 21:
nasty aussies from overseas caused suicide of medical staff in the united kingdom.
what so hard to understand here?is your degree a educated joke as well?maybe it had a made in china stamped at back of your degree or something...
The question here is how. When the victim merely transfered the call over to her colleague. How is her death linked to her transfering the prank call to her colleague? It was her colleague doing all the talking and getting pranked.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
The question here is how. When the victim merely transfered the call over to her colleague. How is her death linked to her transfering the prank call to her colleague? It was her colleague doing all the talking and getting pranked.
u do know that she transferred the call when royal family security was worth something and from looks of it she might get fired n in uk n europe...its having recession for some time.and those are nurses/receptionist and have no other means of earning $$$$ once sacked especially in europe region.stresss did that to her........over the years and with limited skills other than being a caretaker or nurse......only option is death.she is not a skilled doctor or some big time millionaire.
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Originally posted by Army 21:
u do know that she transferred the call when royal family security was worth something and from looks of it she might get fired n in uk n europe...its having recession for some time.and those are nurses/receptionist and have no other means of earning $$$$ once sacked especially in europe region.stresss did that to her........over the years and with limited skills other than being a caretaker or nurse......only option is death.she is not a skilled doctor or some big time millionaire.
You don't get the question do you? The victim picked up the call, and handed it over to her colleague, who conversed with the pranksters.
The victim only did one thing, passed the call over. No conversation with the pranksters.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
The question here is how. When the victim merely transfered the call over to her colleague. How is her death linked to her transfering the prank call to her colleague? It was her colleague doing all the talking and getting pranked.
lets say u are a tank commander.suddenly u get a message on radiocoms from someone claiming to be the "prime minister" and wants to talk to your CO regarding a secret mission.then u pass it on to your CO.then your CO gets to talk to the "prime minister",and then he talked to the "prime minster and was convinced that everything was real.at end of the day everyone found out it was a hoax.
u guess who needs to be charged?
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no link
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Originally posted by ditzy:
You don't get the question do you? The victim picked up the call, and handed it over to her colleague, who conversed with the pranksters.
The victim only did one thing, passed the call over. No conversation with the pranksters.
hmmmmm....me thinks u smell too much oil n grease n welding fumes at werk lately. -
Yup in the UK and Europe people are suffering from unemployment ...many can't pay their bills and some even go tot he supermarket to buy only promotions and budget buys after 5pm in the evening. So those ang mohs who are working here and living it up like lords and ladies are damn lucky! Young people in Uk don't always live with their parents . At 18 you are expected to look after yourself. So to lose your job is serious.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
no link
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Originally posted by Army 21:
lets say u are a tank commander.suddenly u get a message on radiocoms from someone claiming to be the "prime minister" and wants to talk to your CO regarding a secret mission.then u pass it on to your CO.then your CO gets to talk to the "prime minister",and then he talked to the "prime minster and was convinced that everything was real.at end of the day everyone found out it was a hoax.
u guess who needs to be charged?
The CO loh, he was convinced that everything was real.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
The CO loh, he was convinced that everything was real.
u think he happy he gets charged???he probably bring u alon to be charged too...maybe double even.think it could be lumped as incompetence or something....they can think of stufff like that under hot sun.lower ranks get it same as him ....especially since he is the only person who can charge anyone because he not happy. -
still no link
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maybe CO send u to afghansitan after that even.:)
i think nurse who was tricked....i think the management might want to transfer her to do morgue duty forever cleaningt bodies etc etc all because of those prankster in oz.
who wouldnt kill themselves after that.