What's your opinion on the prank call that led to a nurse's suicide?

I don't care a bit about the royal family and rolled my eyes when the news broke about the pregnancy, doomed to have to listen to this fawning and gushing by the media for many months.

This nurse was doing her job and transferred a phone call. Pretty routine.

She must have had some other bad stuff going on in her life. For her to suicide over this foolisness with a couple of little kids to raise is 100 times as reprehensible as the prank phone call, which I thought was kind of funny in & of itself.

Blame the media that puts these meaningless figureheads on a pedestal for no reason besides getting people to watch, but nobody seems to have anything bad to say about the nurse who committed this intensely selfish act over what is essentially nothing.

It wasn't the intention of the DJs to cause this nurse such trauma that she'd take her own life (if, indeed, she did) and they shouldn't be blamed for her suicide.

However, out of respect, they should be taken off the air for an indefinite period. I'd have no problem with them continuing to be paid while on gardening leave, but it would be in very poor taste for them to continue with their show and to prank other people, given what may have happened.

Finally, the most important people aren't the DJs, the radio station owners, or the royal family, but the family, friends, and colleagues who have lost someone they loved. Perhaps angry and insulting Twitterers would find a better use of their time in sending messages of condolence.

I heard about this story earlier today. I don't think the DJs ought to be blamed because they didn't really mean any harm and they could never have known their actions would have such tragic consequences. I don't think the nurse should be blamed either though (although I also don't think the call was the only cause of her suicide, but I'll go along with your hypothetical), because it's not her fault she was treated so badly for her silly mistake (a mistake anyone could have made, really. I'm sure she couldn't have been the only one to make it if anyone else was put in the same situation).

It's just one of those things. Two DJs acted like idiots but meant no harm, and it ended up having tragic and completely unpredictable consequences. It's sad and completely avoidable, but sad and avoidable deaths happen every day. If anyone is the blame it's anyone who was bullying her over it, but even they could never have predicted the consequence.

No-one's fault, just a tragic accident.

the nurse must have had a pre-existing psychiatric problem to have over reacted they way that she did.

sad that she thought it was worth ending her life for. shouldnt the hoapital hav proceedures regarding confidentiality and phone calls?

That poor nurse Jacinta, and her poor family right before christmas. Her mind must have been in a termiol. As a devoted nurse who was dedicated yet fearing for her beloved job. My thoghts are with her family at can only be described as a tragic time.
. I wont lie before this tragic event (suicide) occured I laughed as did a lot of people I don't doubt at someone pretending to be the queen. However nooone myself included is laughing now.
About the prank call: well I have not just lost my dear mum because of a prank call so I don't think it is up to me to say too much, but I know (as do we all) that the D.J's could not have forseen the tragic events that would have unfolded and there is no doubt that they are devestated by their actions.
Put it this way if Jacinta had not felt so desperate that she felt the only way out was suicide we would have all still be laughing now. (Well those of us with sense of humour would anyway) it just goes to show how something with such inocent intentions can lead to tragedgy. xx

Well apparently she held her in great regards. You should not have messed with her or whoever did is messed up. What if she was actually related or close friends. How would you know?

The prank was funny and there was nothing wrong with it. The nurse overreacted. If she hadn't been a foreigner, she wouldn't have committed suicide. The hospital shouldn't have hired her in the first place.

no, why is that such a big deal? maybe you are not telling this story right? What did they say? Why is it so horrible?

IMO, The nurse massivly over-reacted, it wasn't even the nurse that took the call, it was the one that transfered the call, she ended her life for no reason, unless there was something personal and she just wanted an excuse