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Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Pennywise(m): 11:18pm On Dec 07, 2012
The details concerning the suicide still appear hazy to me but I hope that this is not a bad omen abt the unborn prince. I mean he has taken a life even b4 he is born.
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Jerri(f): 11:29pm On Dec 07, 2012
I may be completely wrong but I soooo don't get/believe the story. Kinda sounds weird to me, first thing that popped was - what if her identity has been changed to keep the media away? But then again the hospital was revealed....Hummmmm.......but if she "truly" died then oh well, such a bummer!
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Next2Bezee(m): 11:40pm On Dec 07, 2012
She didn't value her own life, That's why she'd kill herself concerning a prank call that doesn't have anything to do with her or her family..or had she actually done something wrong? I feel for her family. undecided
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 11:45pm On Dec 07, 2012
When a joke gets Expensive. angry
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Raxxye(m): 11:48pm On Dec 07, 2012
It's so very sad. Sometimes people do stup!d, nasty things in the name of catching fun, without considering what effect their words/actions would create on the other person. I am really saddened by this news, and I hope those of us who joke a lot would take a cue from this and try our best to consider the temperament of the person at the receiving end. May her soul rest in peace!
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Empex(m): 12:06am On Dec 08, 2012
Hmmmm
this story puts the M in mystery if you ask me. And a shame indeed, imagine if this nurse is a young mother. Poor thing, maybe the lonely and depressed puppy has already had enough with life, and is looking for what will give her the final conviction.

BTW Why is it that one cant read a post without seeing people hauling insults on each other? SAS.
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 12:47am On Dec 08, 2012
The royals should have gotten a private doctor and med staff to care for Kate at the palace - give her IV fluids, monitor vital signs, bloodwork and give her an emesis basin. This would have prevented the paparrazi and media from further obsessing with Kate. Checking her into the hospital resulted in this being a sick spectacle and one of her nurses dead. This is sad.


Great Prank by the way. Seriously F the Royal family. Time for them to vanish already. Wonder why we don't hear about Denmark Royals. They re better looking btw
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Bliss4Lyfe(f): 12:50am On Dec 08, 2012
Suicide? The world must be full of dumb stars. What de hell do dis royals take us for? angry

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Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by ektbear: 12:53am On Dec 08, 2012
sad
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by TableLeg(m): 2:00am On Dec 08, 2012
REALITY101: The royals should have gotten a private doctor and med staff to care for Kate at the palace - give her IV fluids, monitor vital signs, bloodwork and give her an emesis basin. This would have prevented the paparrazi and media from further obsessing with Kate. Checking her into the hospital resulted in this being a sick spectacle and one of her nurses dead. This is sad.


Great Prank by the way. Seriously F the Royal family. Time for them to vanish already. Wonder why we don't hear about Denmark Royals. They re better looking btw
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 2:12am On Dec 08, 2012
bandiejay:

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grin grin
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 2:13am On Dec 08, 2012
Table Leg :


lol don't mind him o.
it's part of his "condition" grin
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 2:55am On Dec 08, 2012
So please I'm missing the juicy part.... so what did Kate told these radio guys? Na wa o!

The baby hasn't come yet lives are being taken already.....nobody will ever find out what happened to that nurse that led her to this dreadful act. lipsrsealed
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by yamakuza: 3:28am On Dec 08, 2012
a transcript of the prank call would really help ...
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by shadrach77: 3:39am On Dec 08, 2012
Did anyone notice that the report simply said she commited suicide but never gave any explanation as to which kind of death? At least if she drank poison everyone would know it was poison. But the police are saying her deatj was "unexplainable". So if it csn be explained how did they know it was suicide? It appears the Royal Family killed her either through MI6 or through some diabolic means
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 3:56am On Dec 08, 2012
who says dis western creatures aint stewpeed! Suicide for just putting a call thru'? Blood of sh........it!!
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by denzel2009: 5:40am On Dec 08, 2012
They sent email bomb to her and she opened it!
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Richy4(m): 7:12am On Dec 08, 2012
mrrock: I don't get it. Did the DJs tell the nurse to die?.
I guess she does not want to live to see some body refer her as incompetent in her line of duty.who can just transfer any call to royalty when they claim the queen was on the line.they where just saying she is a fine nurse because she is dead. they would have sacked her if she was still alive.so sad
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by otunbacymbal(m): 7:18am On Dec 08, 2012
Illumintis at work again
Siga: London (CNN) -- A nurse at the hospital that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, has apparently committed suicide, the hospital confirmed Friday.

The nurse "was recently the victim of a hoax call," King Edward VII Hospital said in a media statement.

The DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in the prank call, in which some details of the Duchess of Cambridge's condition and care were given.

The nurse who died was the person who first took the hoax call and transferred it through to Catherine's ward, the hospital's public relations company said.

The hospital named her as Jacintha Saldanha and said she had worked there for more than four years as an "excellent nurse," who was well respected by co-workers.

The hospital "had been supporting her throughout this difficult time," the statement said.

The Duchess of Cambridge was discharged from the hospital Thursday after treatment for acute morning sickness.

A St. James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jacintha Saldanha.

"Their Royal Highnesses were looked after so wonderfully well at all times by everybody at King Edward VII Hospital, and their thoughts and prayers are with Jacintha Saldanha's family, friends and colleagues at this very sad time."

Separately, a palace spokesman told CNN: "At no point did the palace complain to the hospital about the incident. On the contrary, we offered our full and heartfelt support to the nurses involved and hospital staff at all times."

The hospital's chief executive, John Lofthouse, said, "Everyone is shocked by the loss of a much loved and valued colleague."

London's Metropolitan Police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. (4:35 a.m. ET) on Friday that a woman was found unconscious. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are treating the death as "unexplained," they said.

Audio of the call posted online suggested a woman spoke briefly to the DJs, who host a show for the 2Day FM radio station in Sydney, before the call was put through to the ward early Tuesday morning.

The hospital said Wednesday that it deeply regretted the call had been put through.

Read more: Radio DJs pretend to be queen, make prank call to Catherine's hospital

The radio show apologized for the call Wednesday, saying it "was done with light-hearted intentions."

Its two DJs, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, continued to tweet about the call on Thursday and earlier Friday, promising "more on the #royalprank." By Friday evening, a spokeswoman for the station told CNN in a statement that the pair will "not return to the show until further notice out of respect for what can only be described as a tragedy." She said Greig and Christian were "deeply shocked" by the incident.

The Twitter accounts for the pair were taken down.

Talking about the call on air Thursday, Greig said: "They were the world's worst accents ever. We were sure 100 people at least before us would've tried the same thing. ... We were expecting to be hung up on -- we didn't even know what to say when we got through."

Angry comments have been posted on the 2Day FM Facebook page since the news of the nurse's death broke.

"This death is on your conscience," reads one post. Another says, "Blood on your hands."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/world/europe/uk-royal-hospital-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by folahann(m): 7:22am On Dec 08, 2012
That is not enough reason to commit suicide. Maybe she had other issues.
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Revolva(m): 7:32am On Dec 08, 2012
So na because of prank she kill her self - hiss stewpid nurse
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by vivaciousvivi(f): 8:35am On Dec 08, 2012
I can't believe that statement is all d Radio Station offered to give to the public. I agree that d nUrse clearly had some emotional issues, but what's wrong is wrong.Buckingham Palace shouldn't allow this issue to fizzle out. May her soul rest in peace.
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 9:38am On Dec 08, 2012
razznaija: Is it just me or did the article not include what the dj's actually said to the lady that made her commit such an act?
Exactly! What did the DJ's say that prompted her to take her own life?
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by touchmeder: 9:52am On Dec 08, 2012
Dear Nurse it was not worth it not worth it. An honest mistake most people knew it. your life was not worth this joke. RIP and may God comfort your family
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by UyiIredia(m): 5:23pm On Dec 08, 2012
so the nurse dies because of a prank call !?
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Rossikk(m): 5:37pm On Dec 08, 2012
And many Nigerians are so naive as to take the British media at their word that it was 'suicide'.

Just like that!

If it was Nigerian media spinning such a yarn you'll be the first to pounce on them and accuse them of a cover-up. But the white media make a claim, no matter how silly and outlandish, and you lap it up without question like dumbitos. You only have brain when it comes to Nigeria. When oyibo enters the equation you turn mugu.
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Nobody: 6:54pm On Dec 08, 2012
Table Leg :


Quote me not if you're dumbbb
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by TableLeg(m): 10:20pm On Dec 08, 2012
REALITY101:
Quote me not if you're dumbbb
Apparently you are reputed to make no sense pretty much all the time on this forum ...... Well i am watching
Next time when you drop a line, make sure it makes sense ... You know, something sane and smart people can relate to, no poppycocks or gobblydygooks!
Airhead .... Dont start something, you won't finish it if you try!
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by niggapop(m): 11:13pm On Dec 08, 2012
In the prank call Greig and Christian are surprised when they are passed through to Kate Middleton's nurse who, under the illusion that they are in fact the Queen and Prince Charles, informs them of the status of her health. No egregious error is made on behalf of the members of staff, but considering the amount of pressure put upon the hospital by the media regarding the situation, a statement was released by the hospital stating that they "take patient confidentiality extremely seriously" and that they were "reviewing their telephone protocols".

However, it has now emerged that Jacintha Saldanha, who was reportedly the nurse who passed the phone call along to Kate Middleton's nurse, was found dead Friday after an apparent suicide. This has inevitably led to some sections of the UK media leading a witch hunt, squarely pointing the finger of blame at the radio hosts and, as per usual, failing to acknowledge any wrongdoing on their part.

Would Jacintha have taken her own life if the media hadn't have picked up on the story and promptly used it to squeeze views out of a culture obsessed with deifying the Royal family? Unlikely. If the media hadn't decided to pick up on this non-story (foreign radio DJ's talk to Kate Middleton's nurse whilst putting on silly accents SHOCKER!) and rinse it for all that it's worth, tarting it up as if Jacintha and her co-workers had put the privacy of the beloved Royals at risk, whilst simultaneously paying photographers to stand outside the hospital in order to catch a glimpse of Kate and her inflating womb, in all likelihood the most Jacintha would have received would have been a tap on the wrist from her employers. Similarly, Mel Greig and Michael Christian wouldn't currently have their faces plastered across every tabloid in the UK, with the DJs receiving the kind of public reaction that arguably couldn't be any more hysterical had they of taken Jacintha's life themselves.

A life was tragically lost today for no good reason and the wrong people are being blamed.

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Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by mamagee3(f): 1:08am On Dec 09, 2012
It's so horrible!!!

The woman didn't have to die
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by weaseloo: 6:25pm On Dec 09, 2012
There you go, I instantly thought the same thing - M16 in action.
Those DJS better go into hiding or create protection for themselves because they might be next....
Re: UK Nurse In Kate Middleton Radio Prank Call Committs Suicide by Olaone1: 11:34am On Dec 16, 2012
Rossikk: And many Nigerians are so naive as to take the British media at their word that it was 'suicide'.

Just like that!

If it was Nigerian media spinning such a yarn you'll be the first to pounce on them and accuse them of a cover-up. But the white media make a claim, no matter how silly and outlandish, and you lap it up without question like dumbitos. You only have brain when it comes to Nigeria. When oyibo enters the equation you turn mugu.

Thank you jare.

Many posters here need to be taught Monarchy 101.

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