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Story About Radio DJs Pranking Kate Middleton’s Hospital Has a Tragic Ending: Duped Receptionist Reportedly Commits Suicide

Dec. 7, 2012 10:13am Jonathon M. Seidl

Nurse Pranked in Kate Middleton Incident Reportedly Commits Suicide

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 06: Kate Middleton and Prince William leave the King Edward VII hospital where she has been treated for extreme morning sickness. Credit: Getty Images

The story about the Australian radio DJ’s who successfully pranked Kate Middleton’s hospital and got a nurse to divulge private information on air while posing as the queen of England and Prince Charles has taken a tragic turn: the receptionist (also a nurse) who took the call and put the radio hosts through has died in an suspected suicide.

The Daily Mail reports:

A nurse who transferred a prank phone call from two Australian radio presenters about the Duchess of Cambridge has died in a suspected suicide – two days after being duped.

The body of Jacintha Saldanha was found at an address yards away from King Edward VII Hospital, where she worked, just before 9.30am today.

The King Edward VII hospital, who were not believed to be disciplining the mother of two over the incident, said it announced her death with ‘very deep sadness.’

The statement added: ‘Jacintha has worked at the King Edward VII Hospital for more than four years. She was an excellent nurse and well respected and popular with all over her colleagues.’

Nurse Ms Saldanha answered the hoax call at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, and was helping out on reception at the time of the prank.

From the Telegraph:

Ms Saldanha, a mother of two, was found unconscious near the King Edward VII Hospital, where the Duchess spent three nights earlier this week being treated for severe pregnancy sickness.

Paramedics tried to revive her but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the cause of her death was “unexplained” but they were not treating it as suspicious.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were “deeply saddened” to be told of her death.

You can listen to the prank — and what may be the receptionist — in the audio below:

This story has been updated with additional details as more information becomes available.

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pap pap
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:00am
Some take their jobs and integrity seriously. We all should.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:09am
  Nothing to do with the outcome. Most people who take their jobs seriously don’t kill themselves when they make a mistake.
  
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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:14am
  Not worth a life, though agreed.
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:21am
  Suicide or royal retribution?
  
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- love the kids
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:22am
  I think we should outlaw phones, there clearly wouldn’t be someone dead right now if it wasn’t for a phone?????
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:37am
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  Over a phone prank? There had to be some other issues going on inside that head. Lucky she did not go postal at the hospital……..
  
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- Frederick_Douglass_Republican
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:39am
  @sovereign Are you kidding? The “Royals” are too royally lame to hatch a plan to fix “Prince” Charles’ dumbo ears. Too much inbreeding.
  
  If this lady did commit suicide leaving two children behind her death was not from a strong feeling of responsibility. She was having emotional problems first and foremost.
  
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- saranda
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:57am
  @thejerk – she certainly made a poor choice in ending her life, but i hope these “shock jocks” remember their contribution to a life ending for the rest of their lives. Much as gb wears his badge of shame from his infamous “miscarriage” prank from his shock jock days. If you want people to take responsibility for their actions it has to include this childish prank call, which set her poor decision into motion.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:13pm
  Saranda: “… she certainly made a poor choice in ending her life, but i hope these “shock jocks” remember their contribution to a life ending for the rest of their lives.”
  
  Shock jocks had nothing to do with this woman making choice. The choice was completely hers. Stop looking elsewhere for blame. They did nothing. All they did was make a phone call. She chose to pass it along. Then she chose to kill herself, if reports are accurate.
  
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- FIRESTORM6
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:33pm
  Guys the only thing I smell here is the icy reach of the queens hands getting rid of another dispensable subject for mucking up the royal family.
  
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- Mijinion
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:35pm
  @The_Jerk:
  
  Oh shut the **** up. You’re one of the many people who have a hard time taking in responsibility. The facts are the facts, they did contribute. That is absolutely irrefutable.
  
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- Halloween
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:36pm
  @The_Jerk, Nursing is not most people or most jobs. Nursing is the most trusted profession in the world. Every year nursing is ranked as the #1 profession except for 2001 when it was #2 just after firefighters (does 9/11 ring a bell?). You and whatever your job is/was, is a waste of time. You should just kill yourself now.
  
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- shakedowncrews
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:37pm
  I think it is worth asking: did the Hospital management/executives make any threats against her after her mistake?
  
  My first suspicion would be that she already felt horrible about it. But I’d be willing to bet her managers tore her a new one over the mistake,and in typical British fashion made her feel like a total worthless piece of excrement. They might have even fired her or said she was to be fired.
  
  Don’t get me wrong, I know and really like many Brits, but I’ve also seen the utter arrogance of many British people in positions of authority, and they can treat people like garbage.
  
  I hope the bastards that did the prank call are really re-examining the kind of stuff they think is funny. Their little attempt at entertainment and notoriety just ended up with a woman, and mother of two children, killing herself.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:48pm
  Mijinion; “Oh shut the **** up. You’re one of the many people who have a hard time taking in responsibility. The facts are the facts, they did contribute. That is absolutely irrefutable.”
  
  Really, do you know something that everyone else does not? Are you really as ignorant as your response demonstrates? Tell us how you know why this woman killed herself, if she did. Then, tell us how someone in Australia killed someone in the U.K.. Dip sh#t.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:53pm
  Halloween, tough to deal with your level of stupidity, but here goes. First, her being a nurse has nothing to do with this tragedy. Second, there are unstable nurses just as there are unstable bloggers. Here’s but one, of many examples, proving your foolishness.
  
  http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/02/10987663-nurse-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-patients-by-injecting-them-with-bleach?lite
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:56pm
  So sad. Whomever is teaching people that we must be perfect is Satan. We are here to learn. We learn the most from the mistakes we make. The only person we need to worry about pleasing is GOD. We need to own up to our mistakes, apologize, learn from them and move on. Clearly this poor lady had other problems but as a world of people…we simply have to be more forgiving of each other.
  We need to accept each other and love each other:
  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1364354596648&set=vb.1465130843&type=2&theater
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:03pm
  It might not be clear from this article (it certainly wasn’t to me), but it wasn’t the nurse who gave out personal information who offed herself; it was the receptionist that first took the call, thought it was the royal family, and forwarded the call to the nurse.
  
  I didn’t realize this until I read other articles. Seems even more foolish to connect the two events now.
  
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- Strait Talk Express
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:13pm
  It’s bad enough when real police are stinging at you, for national defense purposes, but when fake humans are messing you up it really is a scary time for many I bet, and if you think about it when you make an undercover acorn movie and all I bet for every cheater they catch they scare to the point of terror ten others who did never cheat yet, think about all them and all the pain. This lady was used for a stocking horse and because of the royal pain it caused she needed peace, that’s what I think.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:40pm
  This poor woman had a fragile ego. She was mocked by all the tabloids in England and Australia. In fact, the radio DJs called it the “easiest prank call ever made,” and “the prank call the world is talking about.” They also promoted it on social media, thereby engaging in mental cruelty.
  
  Since this woman’s job was very public, her embarrassment was magnified by the fact that hundreds of people arrived at the hospital every day who undoubtedly singled her out as the “nurse who was duped by the two Australian DJs.” If you know the Brits, you know she was marked for life. You bet it happens in a kingdom where royalty are the lesser gods.
  
  Time for these filthy rich leeches to go the way of dinosaurs.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:47pm
  Some people take the British Royalty extremely seriously. I think this person might be one of those people. Probably would not have happened if it was a regular British citizen whose info got released.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:22pm
  Pride-nothing but pride caused her to take her life.That and no sense of humor[when the jokes on her-that is.
  
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- Patriot Z
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:14pm
  wait! i thought the eu superior healthcare system was supposed to solve all that…mental healthcare is part of that…..sad, but something else had to be going on. but watch these 2 performers get reamed and blamed for it. sorry but i never feel sorry for anyone who kills themselves. either the problem was stupid and their life apparently wasnt worth a whole hell of a lot to begin with or it was something they truly wanted and are better off dead (aka termanlily ill and in pain).
  
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- Akira88
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 7:01pm
  Who commits suicide in a parking lot?
  
  Where’s the note?
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 7:05pm
  “…Mijinion
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:35pm
  @The_Jerk:
  
  Oh shut the **** up. You’re one of the many people who have a hard time taking in responsibility. The facts are the facts, they did contribute. That is absolutely irrefutable…”
  Sorry, Miji- for once, the Jerk is right: these DJs had nothing to do with the woman (supposedly) committing suiceide. The choice was entirely hers. Obviously, her taking the blame for her own stupidity is anathema to people who want to shift blame.
  She was totally oblivious to the obvious when she actually believed the Queen would stoop to call rather than have her clerk do the mundane. Confirming visiting hours? Are they serious? I’m sure there isn’t one building in england that wouldn’t open its doors to the queen regardless the hours… foolish people that they are allowing a throne to rule over them.
  What about her co-workers, if you want to shift blame? How were they responding to her obvious naivte’ in thinking she was actually speaking to the queen?
  This whole thing stinks of stupidity but blaming someone for another’s mental state is rediculous.
  
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- Halloween
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:23pm
  @The-Jerk Anybody with the highest standards and pride in doing there job, especially if they are saving lives, will take it personally if they fail. The Japanese are the same way and will commit suicide if they fail or shame the family. Honor is something you know nothing about, yet your foolishness seems to go unrecognized by you since you have not done the honorable thing yet. The nurse dishonored herself, code of ethics, violated nursing practice and regulation, and caused harm to the patient…she did the honorable thing. I listed a few examples. Those “shock jocks” are responsible for goading that nurse into taking her life.
  
  No, you have failed to prove your point that the nursing field is full of unstable practitioners. Nursing is the #1 trusted and honorable profession. http://www.gallup.com/poll/1654/honesty-ethics-professions.aspx http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/nurses-are-most-ethical-workers/2012-12-07 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/poll-nurses-physicians-most-trusted-professions.html http://www.nursezone.com/nursing-news-events/more-news.aspx?id=18621
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:21pm
  This is not about being responsible. She was obviously someone willing to help out at work, that’s great.
  Suicide would not be what first comes to mind, though. There are some sickos that follow everything that the Royal family does… And who knows. I hope her death is investigated. Her children deserve to know.
  
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- andrew36
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:47am
  Seriously Halloween your an idiot, they made a phone call, she answered and passed it on, how exactly did they goad her. Seriously if this was the worst thing that happen to her while she was nursing then shes lead a very cheqered career. She was obviously suffering from depression and maybe what happen didnt help but how do we know that was the main cause, how do we know that she didnt have a argument with a friend or family, how do we know it wasnt the media harrassing her or something like that, after all she didnt do it straight away it 2-3 days later so there is a fair chance it was more then the phone call.
  
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- AVATARBABY
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:58am
  Halloween, you are scary. Not in a good way, though. Scary stupid. A quick google search will show you that, in America, up to 100,000 deaths a year are attributed to medical mistakes, possibly more. This is probably a world wide problem. If a nurse or doctor “did the honorable thing” and committed hari-kari after each mistake, we’d soon be out of health care proffesionals. Did any patient die or were they put in grievous harm because of this harmless prank? No. Something tells me this nurse offed herself because her entire life sucked. Like The_Jerk said, her life, her choice.
  
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- FlamingFartSyndrome
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 12:15pm
  I do, but im not going to kill myself over it.
  
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AVATARBABY
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:54am
Just over half of the American voters in this country pranked me so bad last month that I felt like committing suicide. I chose to live in interesting times.

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- danielmchick
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:00am
  Have you no respect? Seriously, someone died here. Your cheap shots are unnecessary and unwelcome.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:10am
  AVATARBABY, me too. I choose life.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:16am
  Please re-choose.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:34am
  Exrepublisheep, because I respect your opinion so much, I’ll reconsider. Now, if I change my mind, there are those on this thread that will blame you. It will be your fault.
  
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- AVATARBABY
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:11pm
  An Obama voter, out of work for four years, pulled his car into the garage, shut the garage door and let it run while he sat inside it. Too bad it was a Nissan Leaf…bwaahaaahaaahaaa……
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:19pm
  Sorry Jerk. You were hit with backsplash. Your comment wasn’t there when I posted.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Exrepublisheep, it still came across at a great time to make the point.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:28pm
  LOL.She died of the deadly sin of pride.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 6:13pm
  Daniel-
  Someone chose to off themself….they deserve to be ridiculed for it. Respect is reserved for those worthy of it.
  
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Locked
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:54am
No offense to the deceased, but the DJ’s in no way made her commit suicide. That was her choice and hers alone. I’m sorry for her family and friends, but to blame this on a harmless prank from the other side of the world is going to extremes. There’s no way the DJ’s could have known that her psyche couldn’t handle it, or that her response would have been “kill myself” rather than “laugh it off and keep it as a hilarious story to tell the grandkids some day.”

Anyone willing to kill themselves over something like this has some serious psychological issues that most people would not have. It is a tragedy, but by her own hand and not theirs.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:01am
  Absolutely.
  
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- 50211bs
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:04am
  Don’t you know that here in America we are not responsible for our own actions, look at the belcher case. It wasn’t his fault, it was the guns fault.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:05am
  You have no idea how vile and evil he NHS can be towards its own “employees”.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:12am
  Cavallo, so what. Quit if you don’t like it, or can’t cope with it. Bottom line is, the choice is yours to make.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:30am
  @50211BS
  
  “Don’t you know that here in America we are not responsible for our own actions”
  
  This happened in the UK…
  
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- deadend
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:13pm
  harmless prank? we do not know that, sure we cannot blame them for the death but if she got fired they certainly are partially to blame and need feel guilty for that or at least the reprimand she received. oh wait I beat they are libs and think if she was stupid enough to fall for it she got what she deserved.
  
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- HotFixIt
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:19pm
  You have no idea how vile and evil all health care systems are toward its nurses.. period! I am positive this nurse has been completely raked over the coals repeatedly since the event and has been made to feel lower than the dirt on everyones shoes. Nurses are made the scapegoats for everything that goes wrong in hospitals.. they are considered disposable.. easily replaceable. Like the gloves used between patients.. used and disposed of never to be thought of again. It is sad that nurses don’t even support each other!
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:49pm
  @deadend
  
  “harmless prank?”
  
  Yep. Embarassment/chagrin/shame is not harm in anyone’s book. Well, maybe Alinsky’s.
  
  “we do not know that, sure we cannot blame them for the death”
  
  You just did put blame (at least partial) on them, though. Which one is it? Do you blame the DJ’s or not?
  
  “but if she got fired”
  
  Did she get fired? Story certainly didn’t say so.
  
  “they certainly are partially to blame”
  
  Oh, so you lied when several words ago you said “we cannot blame them for the death.” Nice going.
  
  “and need feel guilty”
  
  They likely do. They certainly don’t “need to.” I feel bad for her family and friends, but I don’t feel guilty for thinking the prank was funny.
  
  “for that or at least the reprimand she received.”
  
  She fell for a false call and it resulted in giving out confidential information. No idea what the laws are in the UK, but in the US that’s a severe violation of patient confidentiality and subject not only to a reprimand, but potentially firing and legal fines. I cannot imagine that, knowing the Duchess of York was at their hospital, receptionists and nurses had NOT been briefed on how to deal with paparazzi.
  
  Not to mention that the receptionist wasn’t even the one giving out information. .. the connection is shoddy at best.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:51pm
  @Hotfixit
  
  “I am positive this nurse has been completely raked over the coals repeatedly since the event and has been made to feel lower than the dirt on everyones shoes.”
  
  And yet you hear blame heaped upon the DJ’s and not the people who may or may not have been chewing this receptionist out for failing at her job (resulting in what was likely a legal violation). Don’t get me wrong, I’m sorry that she chose to take her own life… but it was her choice. There’s ALWAYS a choice between living and trying to make things better, or killing yourself.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:22pm
  @LOCKED
  
  “Anyone willing to kill themselves over something like this has some serious psychological issues that most people would not have. It is a tragedy, but by her own hand and not theirs.”
  
  You know, that car was just teetering over the guard rail. All I did was walk by and give it a little shove, just for kicks was all. How was I supposed to know that’s all it would take to send it plummeting to the bottom of the cliff?!
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:00pm
  @Kadster
  
  Would any person in their right mind take their life? No. Suicidal impulses are a mental disorder. Sorry… she failed at her job, was likely under a lot of stress for it, and chose to kill herself. The DJ’s didn’t make her do it.
  
  For all of you saying this, I just want to ask. Do you think the same about these DJ’s as you do about Terry Jones? As Nakoula Basseley Nakoula? Those two have done more, and with real hatred in their hearts, but are held up as examples of “freedom of speech” here quite often. Where do you fall on the issue?
  
  People need to take responsibility for their actions: and no one is responsible for her death but she herself. Sad, but true.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:09pm
  @Kadster
  
  “You know, that car was just teetering over the guard rail. All I did was walk by and give it a little shove”
  
  Thinking about it some more, here’s a better analogy. A person calls up a hospital, pretending to be a patient’s mother. You can make up any reason for this: maybe the person in question is an ex, or a stalker. Perhaps it’s a salesman who wants to market a select medicine and needs more information on a potential client. Whatever the reason, this caller convinces the receptionist to give confidential patient information (contrary to all established laws, regulation, and training on the matter). The receptionist’s supervisors find out and reprimand her for committing a crime, endangering a patient, and failing at her job. The receptionist comes in with a gun the next day and shoots her supervisor.
  
  In your opinion is the murder the caller’s fault? Or the supervisor’s fault for chewing his subordinate out for failing to do her job? Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the fault of the one who pulled the trigger?
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Except that suicide is not necessarily indicitave of a psychological problem or mental illness.The reality is people kill themselves over wounded pride all the time. Quite a common cause of suicide-actually.Just like people will kill others who humilitate or insult them-this is a variation on that theme.The theme is pride.[the thin skinned- and in this case homorless-how dare anything bad come my way-it's all right if it goes your way but not ME!]
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:55pm
  @Rose-ellen
  
  “Except that suicide is not necessarily indicitave of a psychological problem or mental illness.”
  
  Except in this case it certainly is. A person of sound mind will not kill themselves in a situation like this. Your statement seems to imply that psychological problems and mental illnesses need to be chronic or innate. They don’t. Depression for most people comes and goes; it’s not constant. Same with suicidal urges.
  
  People have their pride wounded all the time and don’t kill themselves because their mental state is sound. Hers obviously wasn’t. It’s a tragedy… but it’s incredibly uncommon and could not have been predicted by the DJ’s. She should have sought help, not death.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:49pm
  “…rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Except that suicide is not necessarily indicitave of a psychological problem or mental illness….”
  Uh, sorry, Rose- anyone who commits suicide is nuts and that is a psychological problem and mentaally ill. If otherwise, they’d not do something so stupid.
  
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- andrew36
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:57am
  kadster, that is the stupidist analogy Ive heard, if you see a car tinkering on the edge of a cliff, you know exactly what will happen when you give it a push and are therefore responsible. How did the DJ’s know that the person answering the phone was mentally unstable and obviously on the brink. And for that matter if the hospital knew there were any problems why was she still working there.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:53am
She didn’t divulge anything. It’s not like she even ‘fell’ for the prank. It doesn’t sound like she thought they were real, but what was she supposed to do? Exactly what she did. Tell them basically nothing. Nothing personal. You can’t just tell people to kiss off. There was no other way to handle the prank, no reason to do anything but go along. It sounds like she was aware of this. Suicide over that?

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- JediKnight
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:02pm
  “You can’t just tell people to kiss off.”
  
  Maybe not in those words, but you most certainly can tell them to kiss off. A simple “We are not permitted to divulge that information” would’ve been sufficient. But I do agree that they didn’t really get any information and for someone to commit suicide over the prank call has to be a stretch. She likely had more going on in her head.
  
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redsred
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:52am
pranksters???? try the label “millenial morons” who call mental, verbal and sometimes physical abuse a “prank” love that youtube, all the sheep and lemmings get to watch and laugh at someone being abused. here’s to the time when the 20somethings get theirs, and it will come.

then we can all have a good laugh.

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HMSFBTE77
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:45am
If you’ve got enough free time to devise such a devious scheme, be it a farce or not, you must have considered the consequences. These people devised a plan to put someone’s job in jeopardy if successful, You aren’t 12 years old anymore!

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- GetRight
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:59am
  Yes. I didn’t find it funny at all. That poor lady was just trying to do her job and was made a laughingstock all over the world. Sure she made a mistake and probably got in trouble with her superiors. It didn’t have to come to this, though. Really sad.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:06am
  She’s not a poor lady. She’s a lady that made a choice. In my opinion, a foolish, stupid choice, but her choice no less.
  
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- Rockyspoon
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:45am
  Just the type of response I’d expect from someone using the name “The Jerk”.
  
  Absolutely, completely appropriate.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:14pm
  Rockyspoon, blaming others for the choices that you make is something I’d expect from a person named, “Rockyspoon.”
  
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- andrew36
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:03am
  So the dJs have to consider the consequences and take responsibility but the nurse doesnt have to take any responsibility at all. By the way exactly what consequences do you expect from a call like that, tell me, exactly how many people when they heard about the call were thinking, gee, I hope the nurse is ok, I hope she doesnt do anything stupid. My guess would be zero, noone, not one person would have expected her to commit suicide.
  
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kadster01
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:42am
I do not like that it is so easy to destroy someone’s life and reputation now, all for a few laughs. It isn’t just confined to one’s local community anymore either. Thanks to the internet, it quickly travels all over the world. If people were generally decent and respectful of each other, it might be different, but there is an overall callousness and detachment from one another now. It’s closely akin to bullying. Suicide was an extreme reaction, but we have no idea what this woman was already going through and how this childish prank added to it. We likewise can’t simply excuse the prank by concluding she must have been suicidal already. I’m reminded of what I once heard an old lady say, “Fun at someone else’s expense isn’t fun at all unless everyone involved is having it.”

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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:08pm
  She is too above being able to mistake a call from the queen -whose daughter in law was in her hospital-from a prank? Is that such a big deal? People call the hospital -the daughter in law is in the hospital-any one can call and she passes the call on. What’s the problem?Her pride that she can’t tell the difference between a prankster talking and the queen? So what-why should she be able to? .Her voice was not on the tape and if it was -so what!She’s full of herself-that’s her problem-not the pranksters or the prank.She’s so full of pride she kills herself over her wounded pride and leaves her children traumatized for life. So much for sensitivity .Vulnerability, sensitivity, fragility, that’s not what killed her -her arrogant pride did.
  
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:41am
The facts aren’t in yet, and there’s no way that the radio hosts could possibly know or guess what would happen. But, there are consequences for all actions. It’s time that people start taking responsibility for those actions, and even if there is no punishment involved for such a horrible tragedy, there are lessons from this that all of us can learn from.

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kindling
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:41am
Honestly, did they really think about what SHE would feel like when she found out what she had done? Of course not……..they are more narcissists and for them it is all about ME ME ME! She was cohursed into giving information about the ROYAL FAMILY! What else could she do except throw herself at their feet and beg their forgiveness. God forgive her and let her rest in peace.

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randy
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:40am
Tragic…… My condolences to her family.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:18am
  times 2
  
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- Hoosierchap
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:44pm
  Seriously! And who really thought this was funny in the first place? It was wrong on so many levels….
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:38am
Meanwhile – back in AMERICA …

Today is PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY. We must never forget.

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- freenj
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:06am
  Absolutely 12/7/41 Sunday, not to be forgotten! At 7:48 AM the first wave of Japanese aircraft struck.
  The World became chaotic with war in Europe and the Pacific.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:35am
  We will never forget (it’s also my middle daughter’s birthday)
  
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- hauschild
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:54am
  I wonder if the fascist educators have also “scrubbed” Pearl Harbor from their teachings, or modified the event to make it appear like America deserved it?
  
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- andrew36
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:10am
  Today is thank the japanese for winning the war day. If the japs hadnt attacked the US, the US would have been more then happy to sit back and watch as the allies were defeated in europe and the pacific. Then at some stage the axis powers would have come for the US anyway. So may god bless the souls of those who died but also bless the japanese for being stupid and waking the sleeping giant.
  
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hauschild
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:37am
How can any human mind think so irrationally??

Here are some typical words that are at the forefront of my mind nearly daily:

World
Hell
Handbasket

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Todd P
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:37am
That’s entertainment?!

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3Tesla
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:35am
The “Royals” are two people — no more – no less. Killing yourself over an innocent mistake is beyond stupid. I have morons call me every single day — get over it.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:49am
  It’s not an innocent mistake because she actually committed a crime by divulging private information.
  She knew she was breaking policy, even if she thought the call was legit.
  
  Regardless, it’s a sad, sad story.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:04am
  EAST: Agree with you. And am appalled by the lack of empathy and understanding on the part of some. Guess yelling ” FIRE ” in a crowded theater is no problem for the ” every man for himself crowd . ” Each of them needs to be on an island….. ALONE !
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:07am
  In other words, she thought she was doing a favor (albeit an inappropriate one) for the future king of England, then found out she actually betrayed them.
  
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YallComeBack
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:34am
A couple of things come to my mind.

1. I’m glad they are treating this as an “apparent suicide.” Who knows, it may have been more.

2. If she took her own life…. one the one hand you might say she already had mental problems.

3. But on the other hand, this is one possibility with what happens with failure. She messed up. She viloated privacy laws, hospital policy. I can easily imagine her bosses coming down hard on her. And I’m also like the pranksters- it was so stupid, they actaully didn’t expect it to get very far. They were amazed people fell for it it was so stupid. But people did fall for it- and consequently became a laughing stock.– even all over the world. I wonder if local people left threatening messages on er phone.

How does a person handle that kind of embarrassment. Hopefully in a better way than this.

So sad.

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- My Two Cents
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:00am
  Two things came to my mind as well.
  
  1. Do all British women receive first class treatment in hospitals for morning sickness or just the Royals.
  
  2. Another report I read said the deceased was actually a nurse who was pulling double duty as a receptionist. Is their medical system so bad that they have to have nurses answering the phones instead of treating patients?
  
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freenj
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:31am
I would suspect, that this individual has had thoughts of suicide before the prank. Perhaps she even attempted suicide in her past? The dumb prank just pushed off of the cliff.
May God have mercy on her soul.

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CWPrequired
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:29am
Phones kill people, take them all away.

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- RTFM
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:48am
  HA HA that’s great. You just explained the liberal mind in one sentence. Well said.
  
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- cptenn94
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:59am
  Fun Fact, 100% of people who die have admitted to drinking water in their life, water kills, so we should out law it.
  
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- cptenn94
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:08am
  proof we should outlaw water
  
  http://tekartist.org/2012/08/15/water-kills/
  
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- apexmoon
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:19am
  @CPTENN94. We must do something about this! I for one am tired of the rich “Water Barons” pushing this stuff down our throats. Time to boycott and stop drinking water!
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:52pm
  Y’all are so clever, you know liberals so well lololol
  
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VanceUppercut
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:26am
Don’t think for a moment that the DJ’s will ever actually feel any remorse for this. Oh, I am sure they will put out some statement written by a PR firm talking about what a tragedy it is, and how they never meant for anybody to get hurt, but really they’ll just be thinking “I bet this publicity will boost our ratings!”. And, sadly, they’re probably right. We’re living in an age where people get rewarded for bad behavior (Honey Boo Boo, Jersey Shore, Chris Brown, Charlie Sheen, etc.). What a wonderful world.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:37am
  They shouldn’t feel any remorse. It’s your twisted logic that looks to blame others for personal acts. If this is a suicide, she has no one to blame but herself. She killed “herself” by “herself.” You’re the real disease in our society, your lack of ‘personal’ responsibility.
  
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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:45am
  You tout the need for personal responsibility for one, while absolving two others from it. Your name fits you well.
  
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- WillG
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:54am
  Spot on Jerk.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:00am
  JERK and WILL: You are two cold dudes. Please slap your parents .
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:04am
  BasketFullOfPuppies, that’s because the two had nothing to do with her poor, stupid, choice.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:05am
  If someone commits suicide over a radio prank…the problem isn’t the DJ’s. They have no reason to apologise to anyone. They can express their condolences though.
  
  I agree with your assessment that today’s society elevates the worthless into being celebrities…just look at the Kardashians for example. Celebrities for what? Kim Kardashian used to hang out with Paris Hilton and is famous for a sex tape that her own mother pimped for profit. All of a sudden..one of them is hosting American Idol as if none of this took place. Then there’s the deluge of “Housewives of…” with their juvenile, crass behaviour earning them celebrity status. Curiously..much of this on the “E” network because it doesn’t get more crass, worthless and pointless than Hollywood and it’s sycophants.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:18am
  Barber2, long term it is you who is cold. You see, in a society of people raised with your philosophy of placing blame on others for personal acts and choices, these people never develop the coping skills necessary to deal with real life. This lack of personal responsibility makes them vulnerable. You create the disservice by your excuse making.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:53pm
  They did nothing morally wrong. It was a funny joke and if the receptionist made a policy mistake then it’s because she’s not used to having a royal princess stay in her hospital. What’s the big deal? if she was reprimanded then that is part of what happens in the working world.If fired-i’m sure alot of people would have fought for her to get her job back-they have unions don’t they? If she was humilitated-and really the nurse who spoke to the pranksters whose voice we hear was the one who sounds ridiculous, not her-then that too is part of life . Her pride is what led her to spite herself and lash out by taking her own life.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:32pm
  JERK I am a firm believer in taking personal responsibility for one’s actions. I detest the ” blame the bartender” defense. I just think that playing pranks can backfire and that this is a very sad example of one that did. I am sure this woman had emotional issues which the prankster had no idea about. Just like saying the wrong thing to an unbalanced guy in the subway can cause problems. I think people should think before they do things and that jocks that make ” entertainment” at the expense of others must be careful . Everything isn’t funny. Some people are crazy. Best to be careful.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:33pm
  JERK: You are so judgmental. But, I bet you rail against the Christian ” bigots.” LOL.
  
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noslave
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:25am
like princess dianas death royals sometimes punish mistakes?? this was so unnecessary,my condolences .

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Wyoming
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:24am
Oh – but it is sooooo much fun to call people and make them sound stupid to get a laugh and the caller sound sooo much smarter tee hee. oh wait! More On Trivia!

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- MadJuan
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:51am
  I feel like a More-on for listening to”More-On Trivia” HATE IT!! It makes me question who the real Glenn Beck is and if I’m being “punked” like so many of the so called Trolls will tell us.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:15pm
  They didn’t sound stupid because they should have known it was not the queen-they sounded funny because WE know it was’t the queen.It COULD have been the queen.[as her dauther in law was in that hospital].The humor is that it was not the queen-that does not mean that she was stupid for thinking it was the queen.
  
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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:24am
Man I would not want to live with that.

You really do have to watch how you have your fun. It may cause a problem that you can not see comming.
This is really sad and was not necessary on both sides.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:30am
  Law of unintended consequences.
  
  People need to make sure their brains are in gear first even when considering how to have fun.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:32am
  someone committing suicide over this is beyond pathetic. Just consider it part of the evolutionary process.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:40am
  No one’s fault except the person who took it upon herself to kill herself.
  
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- JohnRiggs
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:08pm
  “No one’s fault except the person who took it upon herself to kill herself..”
  
  People who think it’s funny to humiliate someone in front of the world are sick. Admittedly, suicide is an extreme reaction, and she may have had other issues – but to deny that this childish, idiotic stunt played a part in that displays a degree of stupidity as great as the two DJ jerks who carried it out. Different people have different levels of sensitivity. It’s called being human.
  
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- Hoosierchap
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:54pm
  Olds, you are so right! Working in healthcare myself, I just can’t even imagine what her last few days have been like. My prayers & condolences to the family…..
  
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barber2
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:23am
Respect and civility really are important. How very sad.

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grimmster
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:22am
Yep, it’s all funny, til someone gets hurt.People who do this put no thought into it repercussions. And please im no bleeding heart,but why do people seem to need someone elses misfortune, to give themselves a laugh?

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RightUnite
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:18am
Oh my… You all should be so proud….

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HelloWorld
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 10:18am
What an unnecessary tragedy.

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