Jacintha Saldanha Dead: Australian Radio DJs Behind Prank Call Under Fire

Worldwide, Daily news | | December 8, 2012 21:13

An outpouring of anger is being directed today at the two Australian radio hosts after the death of a nurse who was caught in the DJs’ prank call to hospital where Kate Middleton was treated earlier this week.

Lord Glenarthur, the chairman of King Edward VII’s Hospital – the U.K. hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was receiving treatment, condemned the prank in a letter to the Max Moore-Wilton, chairman of Southern Cross Austereo, the Australian radio station’s parent company.
Glenarthur said the prank humiliated “two dedicated and caring nurses,” and the consequences were “tragic beyond words,” The Associated Press reported.
DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, radio shock jocks at Sydney’s 2Day FM have been taken off the air, but the company they work for did not fire them or condemn them.
“I think that it’s a bit early to be drawing conclusions from what is really a deeply tragic matter,” Rhys Holleran, CEO of Southern Cross Austereo told a news conference in Sydney. “I mean, our main concern is for the family. I don’t think anyone could have reasonably foreseen that this was going to be a result.”
A sampling of some of the twitter posts directed at the DJs included: “you scumbag, hope you get what’s coming to you” and “I hope you’re happy now.”
The hospital said that Saldanha worked at the hospital for more than four years. They called her a “first-class nurse” and “a well-respected and popular member of the staff.”
The hospital extended their “deepest sympathies” to family and friends, saying that “everyone is shocked” at this “tragic event.”
“I am devastated with the tragic loss of my beloved wife Jacintha in tragic circumstances, she will be laid to rest in Shirva, India,” Saldanha’s husband posted on Facebook.
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