2012/12/07 12:31:04
jamesg1213
What isn't clear is how the call got put through to a ward at all..this girl was a nurse, not switchboard.
2012/12/07 12:31:20
Bub
Hell, for all we know, the Royal Family murdered her and made it look like a suicide.

Stranger things have happened ...
2012/12/07 12:49:32
tKx5050
Just my personal feelings but have to go with McCue on this. By impersonating the Royal Family they put her in an untenable position. If it is the Royal Family and she refuses to connect the call she's probably fired. If it isn't the Royal Family and she connects the call she's probably fired. Quick make a decision. You have 3 seconds.

I agree that to me it wouldn't be worth taking my life but we don't know her situation, and surely the pranksters didn't think this through.

A sad story indeed.
2012/12/07 13:01:46
jbow
I would suspect MI7 but that would be in bad form so I will agree with both Bub and Mike. There is more than meets the eye and it is very sad. I'm sure that the blame will fall squarely on the DJs but it may actually lie elsewhere. We may never know. I am so sorry for her family and for Kate who must feel horrible about this too. I also have done pranks that turned out to be a bad idea.

Life is so precious and we hold so it so carelessly in such fragile containers.

Who would have thought that call would end in this... no one I think.

It certainly is sad... that much we know.

J
2012/12/07 13:04:42
jbow
Hell, for all we know, the Royal Family murdered her and made it look like a suicide.

 
No, that was Hillary.
 
J
2012/12/07 14:12:27
Jonbouy
Nobody is sure of the cause of her making the decision to end her own life as yet, the Hospital and St James palace have both issued statements saying that she was supported and not subject to any disciplinary action as a result of being duped.
 
If the two broadcasters responsible are feeling bad about their actions just now whether they were an influence in the decision that ultimately led to this death or not then you could class them as having at least some sense of human responsibility.
 
Sometimes tragedy is just that, it doesn't lessen because there may be a cause to point fingers at.  There's also a point to be learned as to whether she'd still be alive today without the action of those radio presenters.
 
What we do does have an impact and it can be the unseen last straw that would bring about a decision for someone to take their own life.  Sometimes we say things expressly to make an impression, an impact or cause influence, we can't then say we haven't played a part and she died because she's was just a flake.
 
I agree totally with the OP's title, it's very, very sad.
2012/12/07 14:15:12
craigb
Without Royalty this wouldn't have happened.

(Just sayin'...)
2012/12/07 14:25:58
digi2ns
Yup, I understand Bub what you are saying.  

Thats just kind of how it struck me initially when I seen this.
I guess what I meant by Bullying is all that happened after the fact and how it all hit her personally.  Im sure there is more to her story prior to this but with the scope of the situation and it being Royalty and all the publicity hitting her from this, it had to be a HUGE factor in her actions.

No telling how Englands Patient confidentiality Laws compare to ours (HIPPA).  

In hind-sight Im sure there are MANY ways this particular thing could have went better but I imagine that when you are a tending nurse to royalty and a call come in saying its the Queen and wanting to check up on her, well the brain will do funny things to you and how you respond at that point in time.

No telling.  Just a sad story


2012/12/07 15:47:09
noldar12
Sadly, in our day, when something goes wrong...

Fault lies... points over to left, or fault lies... points over to right, fault never lies... points to self.  The DJ's really should bear at least some responsibility for the damage their actions caused.  Their actions did put someone in an impossible situation.  IMO if one does a stupid prank, one bears the consequences.

On a different level, the nurse also made the choices she made for the actions she took.

We really don't know what went on behind the scenes, and given liability issues probably never will.
2012/12/07 16:27:09
FastBikerBoy
Very sad but there must be more to it than the prank call.

Even Charlie was joking with a TV crew about it (the prank call) last night. When asked for his views on Kate being pregnant he said "How do you know I'm not a radio station?" and then laughed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20631818


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