The nurse who released details about pregnant Kate Middleton’s condition in the hospital has reportedly committed suicide and now Twitter users are angry, frustrated and speaking out against the DJ’s behind the tragedy.
DJ’s Mel Greig and Michael Christian from Sydney’s 2Day FM station prank called Kate Middleton‘s hospital room at King Edward VII Hospital on December 4. They spoke to a nurse acting as a receptionist and were given information on Kate’s condition. Now, in a tragic turn of events, the nurse was found dead on December 7 of an apparent suicide and people are tweeting their outrage against the radio DJs.
The Nurse Is Found Dead
Jacintha Saldanha‘s body was found close to the hospital at approximately 9:30am London time on December 7 and she was pronounced dead on the scene. She leaves behind a husband and two children.
King Edward VII hospital released a statement with “very deep sadness,” saying, “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.”
Kate and William also released a statement, saying, “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.” It was also noted that the royals never complained to the hospital after the prank.
Tweets Express Anger And Outrage
People around the globe are tweeting their anger and outrage. Here are just a few comments:
-Ryan Williams (@razza699) — I hope the nurses family take @MelGreigHot30 and @mcontheradio for all they have
-Luisa Gottardo (@lu1820) — @MelGreigHot30 so the nurse you called has committed suicide. Still laughing about it? You total idiots.
-derp (@BooKhaki) — I hope Mel Greig and Michael Christian lose their jobs.
-Miss Sam Bucca ☃ x (@suzannne_x) — Awful news about the receptionist committing suicide.. still gloating about your “amazing prank” now?? @mContheradio @MelGreigHot30?
-LFC Fans Corner (@LFCFansCorner)– Are you two still laughing about your ‘amazing’ prank in the hospital!? @melgreighot30 @mcontheradio you disgust me.
-barmyarmyuk Blog. (@barmyarmyuk) — I do hope the two @2DayFMSydney presenters – Mel Greig and Michael Christian – feel very very guilty right now the despicable pair.
-Chris H (@Northern_Munky) — Say, @MelGreigHot30 @MContheradio – That nurse you pranked in London is dead. Hang your heads. You should be banned from broadcasting.
-Craig Kimmitt (@craigpaul85) — Wait till you @mContheradio @MelGreigHot30 wake up this morning to find out you contributed to someone committing suicide! Still gloating??
-Lewis Roman (@lewisroman) — Hope the Australian radio DJs Mel Greig & Michael Christian that caused kate middletons hospital secretary to commit suicide burn in hell.
-Michael (twcau) (@twcau) — Dear @2DayFMSydney, you need to sack Mel Greig, Michael Christian & their producers. Ill conceived prank has lead to suicide. #unforgivable
-Sara (@Sara_156) — I hope you’re happy with yourselves @MContheradio and @MelGreigHot30 Royal prank my arse #RIP
-Harminder Boughan (@Minz_B) — Receptionist who was duped by @MelGreigHot30 @MContheradio prank call dies in suspected suicide. Hope the pair of you feel like sh*t! #Scum
The Prank Call Back Story
DJ Mel called the hospital on December 4 pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II, saying ”Hello, I’m just looking after my granddaughter, Kate. I wanted to see how her little tummy bug is going.”
“We were very surprised that our call was put through,” Mel said after the prank. “We thought we’d be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents.”
On December 5, the hospital released a statement confirming the prank caller had been transferred Kate’s nurse on December 4 and a short conversation with the nurse took place.
The same day, the radio station also issued an apology on its Twitter feed, saying: “2Day FM sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the inquiry to Kate’s hospital, the radio segment was done with light-hearted intentions, we wish Kate and her family all the best and we’re glad to hear she’s doing well.”
Just hours before Jacintha Saldanha was found dead, the DJs were still tweeting about their prank, which has gotten world wide attention.
UPDATE: As of 11:00am EST, the two DJ’s twitters have been deleted. It’s important to remember the DJs had no bad intentions when making this call.
Kate was released from the hospital on December 6 after being treated for hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition involving nausea and vomiting, and is more severe than the regular morning sickness some women suffer during pregnancy.
LISTEN: The Hospital Releases A Statement
How do you feel about the prank now, HollywoodLifers?
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She should not have ended her life on some prank. She should have been mature enough to know life is most important gift, shouldn’t throw it away for silliness. There should be some other reason for her suicide. Poor DJs are made to take the blame. Silly nurse, killed herself and pushed these two youngsters in hell
I don’t think these two DJ’s should be held responsible for that nurse ending her life. Who knows what problems she was into. People are pranksing all the time like 1st April, during Halloween and day to day life. It should be considered harmless fun. it is unfair to be so hard on these two DJs. I think it’s even stupid of that nurse to have committed suicide if this was the reason but I truly believer it’s not the real reason.
kelz
Posted at 1:31 PM on December 10, 2012
This nurse did NOT release any information regarding The condition of the Duchess. She simply connected the call through to another nurse. You would much better off if you researched your article properly instead of causing more pain to an already devastated family by printing lies.
Was it a suicide? Or was the nurse used as a symbol, to prevent the Diana tragic from repeating itself.
Philip McCracken
Posted at 2:39 PM on December 9, 2012
The only person responsible for the nurse’s suicide is the nurse. What a cruel and selfish thing to do to her husband. Talk about taking things too seriously – idiot.
Plutogirl
Posted at 11:17 PM on December 8, 2012
Stop buying these rags so the media will stop shoving these people down our throats. Schmate Middleton has accomplished NOTHING with her life. The concept of “royalty” is outdated and medieval and wrongly leads people to believe some human beings are innately better than others because of the circumstances of their birth or marriage. They are not! The fault is with the idol worship that goes along with the false notion that these people somehow deserve worldwide adoration. Abolish monarchy, royalty, and aristocracy from the face of this planet!
disgusting
Posted at 2:20 PM on December 8, 2012
there are people in this world who have important jobs and who takes their job really serieus, I hope the dj are satisfied with their frank it has succeed….
If Her job was important then she shouldn’t have ended her life on some prank. She should have been mature enough to know life is most important gift shouldn’t throw it away for silliness
frank
Posted at 1:24 PM on December 8, 2012
IT IS NOT THE DJ’s FAULT you imbeciles. the prank was funny and not mean. people Do not commit suicide over this…something else mental health wise was going on with this poor lady…and nobody helped her
Wade Campbell
Posted at 9:36 PM on December 8, 2012
How do we know what the hospital and royal family’s response was once they discovered the “prank”. They now state publicly that there was no criticism of the nurse, only support for her. Really? So people rush in to support her. And she kills herself. Makes sense?
sonja
Posted at 12:20 AM on December 9, 2012
That’s exactly what I was thinking. My instincts tell me: I don’t think she was fully supported at work as they claim to say they had been.(I would take that back if its false) Jacintha must have felt trapped and lonley and because the whole incident involved a high profile couple it made things worse for her and she must of felt there was no way out. Humiliated and pressurised she must of felt as these two idiots broadcasted it worldwide. As her friends described her as ‘quiet’ individual wouldn’t have helped matters.
She knew she was a hard working professional dedicated to her job however, she may have thought it didn’t matter anymore as it tarnished her reputation. This woman must have been petrified.
Feel so sorry for her and my heart goes out to her family. May Jacintha R.I.P! X
Wade, I don’t believe the nurse committed suicide.
You are very true, these DJs are made to take the blame. Who knows what was bothering her?
Mia
Posted at 6:51 AM on December 8, 2012
That was auto text .. Layoff the. Djs The media and paps are awful this is mainly the publicitys fault ..lookat the way the paps treat the celebs 100x worse .what would happen if a celeb took their life because of the vultures of the media.
Mia
Posted at 6:48 AM on December 8, 2012
Guys most of the reason this happend was because of the media they are always out of line look attune way the laps treat celebs!! What would happen if a celeb took their life . Sralylay off the dis it was a prank
tncszyepg
Posted at 9:25 PM on December 7, 2012
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John Stone
Posted at 8:30 PM on December 7, 2012
The incident is all a conspiracy, the prank was a joke and shouldn’t be taken so seriously. Who dies over a prank call, it’s all too conincidental.
Nagas
Posted at 10:59 PM on December 7, 2012
That is why you shouldn’t do that…They are terrorising other countries? An Australian came to Hawaii this year and was wrecklessly driving a rented jet ski. KILLED a 16 year old girl. His girlfriend deleted videos of the incident in an attempt to protect him. Forensics recovered those videos from her camera and she was found tampering with evidence. What kind of country are you? LOSERS!!!
NOT FOND OF AUSSIES!!!
I think this is such a tragedy. However, in another article, a physchiatrist pointed out that this nurse may have had other mental issues or problems and this was just the ‘final straw’ that pushed her over the edge. I really can’t say that the DJ’s are at fault for the nurses suicide. They are like reporters who are seeking for news. I douby that they expected that something like this would happen. I tend to believe the physchiatrist. She stated that the ‘prank’ wasn’t serious enough for anyone to commit suicide over. I’m disgusted and upset that this nurse took her life……but I’m just not sure that the DJ’s are to blame.
ACooke108
Posted at 8:25 PM on December 7, 2012
Nagas
Posted at 11:04 PM on December 7, 2012
The DJ’s prank was the “final straw” and they did cause her suicide! Maybe the prank would not be enough to push someone to commit suicide, but the repercussions OBVIOUSLY were…That is MAJOR PUBLIC HUMILIATION!
frank
Posted at 1:13 AM on December 8, 2012
the nurse broke what the rules confident and told private info to someone not family related, she couldnt live with it so she killed her self, the aussies should get sent to jail or banned from ever being on any sort of radio or tv show ever
Gena Reynoldson
Posted at 6:24 PM on December 7, 2012
Let this be a lesson to everyone in the whole world, “be careful what you say, what you do, how you treat other people” because anything can happen depending on how the other person reacts. basically this nurse was being bullied by the whole world because of what these 2 Austrailians did. Again I say, becareful what you do! I believe these 2 DJ’s should be legally charged for contributing to this ladies death.
Tabitha
Posted at 6:17 PM on December 7, 2012
If anything I reckon the higher ups in the hospital wanted her severely disiplined or sacked (I know they said she wasn’t but I know what management are like and she would not have been supported by the hospital senior staff who would have basically taken her to task over putting the djs through – I do hope some questions are asked of them!
sonja
Posted at 12:29 AM on December 9, 2012
And who was presurising the managers at the hospital? Both the hospital and the monarchy have made statements to keep themselves from blame! How can people like us stand up against this kind of bullying?
Those Australian disk-jockeys who made the prank call to the King Edward VII Hospital give new meaning to the word “stupid” for pulling such a stunt. But the hospital is not entirely blameless. Why didn’t the suits at the top anticipate some member of the public trying to reach Kate’s room? When major celebrities are hospitalized, every effort to protect them should be enforced. That includes screening of calls coming in. I doubt that Queen Elizabeth II makes her own phone calls, no more than President Obama, the Pope, or anyone at that level. I’m not sure why that didn’t occur to the staff who came in contact with the people from the radio station. I’m an American, yet I could easily tell that was not the Queen on the phone, plus she would never say something as goofy as “the little bug in her tummy.” I can also recognize the voice of Prince Charles, who was obviously not the other person on the line. However, if the nurse did commit suicide because she wasn’t able to tell if the voice on the line was genuine, then there had to be something emotionally or mentally wrong with her. It was a moronic situation, but the fault wasn’t with the nursing staff. Administration should have made arrangements with the police and royal family to screen any calls coming to Kate’s room, instead of leaving the staff with the task of making the identification of the Royal Family a guessing game.
Nagas
Posted at 11:07 PM on December 7, 2012
You are right…Honestly, I would have done the same thing the nurse did. What if it really was the Queen and Prince. Would you question them? Hang up on them?
Plutogirl
Posted at 11:19 PM on December 8, 2012
Yes, I would. They are human beings, no better than you or I.
Plutogirl
Posted at 11:19 PM on December 8, 2012
The Middleton broad is not any kind of celebrity. She cannot sing, dance, or act. She hasn’t found a cure for cancer or risked her life to save others. Stop glorifying these people for doing nothing!
From Gernaby
Posted at 3:20 PM on December 12, 2012
This is exactly the right answer! Nurses are not trained to decide genuine calls from fakes. The hospital should take measures to protect the privacy of patients and the working peace of the nurses and other employees. They are not professionals, they are amateurs…
A grown-up
Posted at 5:17 PM on December 7, 2012
This is a prime example of what can happen when these ‘so-called’ comedians drag innocent people into their pranks. We’ve had numerous similar pranks and comments from shock-jocks and ‘comedians’ here in Oz: Sandiland; Chaser; etc. BUT, while it may be all well and good to only blame the shock jocks, there is an ever growing audience out there of immature, warped and narcissistic people that are only capable of finding humour in this type of ‘comedy’. The more derisive the more satisfied they are and to hell with anyone who gets hurt in the process – so long as they get their fancy tickled. Perhaps one day these idiots will grow up and realise they are not the only people in this world and that they live in a community where we flourish by treating each other with respect. It’s a bit like the analogy of those louts that think it’s funny to kick over your mail box on their way home from the pub. One day they’ll get a job, work really hard to buy a house and someone will come along and knock their mail box out of the ground.
MuMu19ner
Posted at 6:49 PM on December 7, 2012
It’s suspicious too me, she had a husband ,and children to end her life like that; It’s unbelievable.
Well said MuMu19ner I agree she has no reason to kill herself. I think we should look for other reasons, not the DJs. There are too many bad things happening in ‘high’ places’ in the UK at the moment for it to be a coincidence. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Thank you. I cannot believe the nurse killed herself. When family and friends call the hospital to inquire about patients, their call is transferred to the nurse managing that patient’s care, as this nurse did. This story do not add up. The nurse that gave the report should have ID the caller prior to providing information. Will there be a full investigation of this homicide? I don’t think so. So sad. Bless this family.
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