JUST SHUT UP THIS IS A FUCKING JOKE GET OVER IT :)
sam - 11 years ago
i think its stupid its just a prank call it happens all the time
get over it
paul - 11 years ago
The radio station has nothing to answer for, it was a pretty good prank that work well to there surprise. How ever I think the hospital has a lot to answer for, how is it that they have let such an unstable person able to hold a position in there hospital when clearly she had metal issues. This prank may have pushed this women over the edge, but there are issues that she was not able to deal with and nether the hospital the family or her friends picked up on this. It seems that the hospital and family don’t have the maturity to take a lot of the responsibility for this women’s situation, she needed help yet no one was willing to help or notice she may have needed help, they were all to busy pandering over a spoilt little royal who had a bit of morning sickness, ( BOO HOO ), what a shame they don’t give half the attention to the wellbeing of there staff. And once again, the grubby media make everything worse, pick a target and go hell for leather at it, rather then actually doing there job and asking how is it this women got to such a point that she felt she had to commit suicide, talk to the hospital, family and friends. This is a tragedy what has happened, but try to find out why this happened not sweep it to one side and just put the blame on two people who may act like idiots for there job, but they are not to be solely responsible for this women’s death.
Zula - 11 years ago
Prank calls have existed since the invention of the phone. They even exist on CNN's early morning show. The nurse who killed herself only referred the call. There must have been other pressures to push her into suicide. Has anyone asked about this? It was a team decision at the radio station for the DJs to do this prank. Attempts were made to contact the hospital before release. The DJs are clearly traumatized, their lives and careers at risk, their grief sincere. Don't blame them. Listen to radio & tv to see this is everywhere. I wish peace for the family of this nurse but this should not become a witch hunt. We are so frustrated because of all the political and economical uncertainty and lack of a moral compass that it is easy to lash out before thinking and want to blame someone because it allows us to shift that anger for a moment onto them. It's not their fault and we need to forgive them so they can try to forgive themselves because they are having a very hard time.
Kathlyn - 11 years ago
It is terrible that the nurse took her own life, however to blame these two young people for her death is disgusting. What they did was meant in good humor albeit the result was somewhat different. There was no malicious intent to their actions and they obviously feel terrible for what has happened and surprised that the hospital's patient confidentiality could be broken so easily. It was all meant in jest as is customary in Australia.
The nurse in question appears to have been mentally unstable before this incident and it is a shame no one around her managed to see any signs before she took her own life.
These days society always seems to want to blame someone for things that happen and truthfully there just isn't always someone at fault. Should the DJ's have made the call, perhaps not. Should the hospital have released any information without first confirming who they were speaking to, absolutely not. Is what happened to the nurse a tragedy, of course. Should the radio hosts be fired for a momentary lapse in judgement, I don't believe so. Counseled on their behavior, sure. These two people will be mentally scarred for the rest of their lives and no doubt blame themselves immensely for something that no one could have foreseen. There were other factors at play here, one that we will never truly understand.
What happened is terrible but there is no blame to be laid here.
Ted Textured - 11 years ago
Sandy (below). Nice post and it IS illegal, at least in the UK - as is recording someone surreptitiously without their knowledge - and that's all that matters as that's where the effects of this act were felt (even though it was perpetrated abroad, in a real sense it was committed in the UK).
Ted Textured - 11 years ago
“We were very surprised that our call was put through,” Mel is quoted as saying. “We thought we’d be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents.”
If these ignorant tossers had done their research(!) they’d have realised the extent to which the the WONDERFUL BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (how dare these antipodean ar*eholes interfere with its smooth running) depends on overseas nurses (and staff in general), to whom a differing dialect would signify very little. In any event, I suspect it must have been apparent that the first language of the poor nurse wasn’t English. Charge them or extradite them (what they did was illegal according to UK – and I would have thought Aussie – law). It goes without saying they should be fired – no reasonable person makes a prank call to a HOSPITAL!
Nurse Keesha - 11 years ago
I Don't know the policy of the hospital however patient confidentiality is high priority. The call should have been routed to a charge nurse or security . I feel if the nurses had been counseled or briefed on security precautions prior to the shift possibly the tragedy would not have been.
The dj's yes, poor judgment the line crossed was unethical. Health , death , and certain moral issues should not be crossed. The policy should be changed and enforced regarding limitations to prank calls.
I can imagine the nurses excitement , how she was so eager to provide information to the queen and how devastated she was to know she had made a humiliating mistake. I don't know what was said to her and what financial fines (hippa laws/ phi) and legal troubles loss of licensure / job would result . I don't know if she had a union , employee assistance counseling to help her because she was clearly not coping well . Sad situation
Dr01 - 11 years ago
Talk about a blame game! This nurse sounds like she was a very unstable woman. Methinks the hospital should think about revising their PRIVACY procedures.
Sandy - 11 years ago
I don't think they should lose their jobs over the death, but rather their poor judgement. The DJs have commented that they didn't think the call would be put through. The entire time, the DJs had the option to end the call by hanging up. Instead they chose to escalate the call by seeking private health information. And it should be illegal to impersonate a family member for the purposes of obtaining confidential information.
Lr03 - 11 years ago
I don't see them as victims, as the article states, but I do think that there is no possible way they could have known this would happen. I don't think they should lose their jobs over it! This is very tragic that a woman has ended her life after a prank call, but I don't believe she did it BECAUSE of the prank call. Obviously there was something else going on in her life in order for her to actually end it like this.
JUST SHUT UP THIS IS A FUCKING JOKE GET OVER IT :)
i think its stupid its just a prank call it happens all the time
get over it
The radio station has nothing to answer for, it was a pretty good prank that work well to there surprise. How ever I think the hospital has a lot to answer for, how is it that they have let such an unstable person able to hold a position in there hospital when clearly she had metal issues. This prank may have pushed this women over the edge, but there are issues that she was not able to deal with and nether the hospital the family or her friends picked up on this. It seems that the hospital and family don’t have the maturity to take a lot of the responsibility for this women’s situation, she needed help yet no one was willing to help or notice she may have needed help, they were all to busy pandering over a spoilt little royal who had a bit of morning sickness, ( BOO HOO ), what a shame they don’t give half the attention to the wellbeing of there staff. And once again, the grubby media make everything worse, pick a target and go hell for leather at it, rather then actually doing there job and asking how is it this women got to such a point that she felt she had to commit suicide, talk to the hospital, family and friends. This is a tragedy what has happened, but try to find out why this happened not sweep it to one side and just put the blame on two people who may act like idiots for there job, but they are not to be solely responsible for this women’s death.
Prank calls have existed since the invention of the phone. They even exist on CNN's early morning show. The nurse who killed herself only referred the call. There must have been other pressures to push her into suicide. Has anyone asked about this? It was a team decision at the radio station for the DJs to do this prank. Attempts were made to contact the hospital before release. The DJs are clearly traumatized, their lives and careers at risk, their grief sincere. Don't blame them. Listen to radio & tv to see this is everywhere. I wish peace for the family of this nurse but this should not become a witch hunt. We are so frustrated because of all the political and economical uncertainty and lack of a moral compass that it is easy to lash out before thinking and want to blame someone because it allows us to shift that anger for a moment onto them. It's not their fault and we need to forgive them so they can try to forgive themselves because they are having a very hard time.
It is terrible that the nurse took her own life, however to blame these two young people for her death is disgusting. What they did was meant in good humor albeit the result was somewhat different. There was no malicious intent to their actions and they obviously feel terrible for what has happened and surprised that the hospital's patient confidentiality could be broken so easily. It was all meant in jest as is customary in Australia.
The nurse in question appears to have been mentally unstable before this incident and it is a shame no one around her managed to see any signs before she took her own life.
These days society always seems to want to blame someone for things that happen and truthfully there just isn't always someone at fault. Should the DJ's have made the call, perhaps not. Should the hospital have released any information without first confirming who they were speaking to, absolutely not. Is what happened to the nurse a tragedy, of course. Should the radio hosts be fired for a momentary lapse in judgement, I don't believe so. Counseled on their behavior, sure. These two people will be mentally scarred for the rest of their lives and no doubt blame themselves immensely for something that no one could have foreseen. There were other factors at play here, one that we will never truly understand.
What happened is terrible but there is no blame to be laid here.
Sandy (below). Nice post and it IS illegal, at least in the UK - as is recording someone surreptitiously without their knowledge - and that's all that matters as that's where the effects of this act were felt (even though it was perpetrated abroad, in a real sense it was committed in the UK).
“We were very surprised that our call was put through,” Mel is quoted as saying. “We thought we’d be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents.”
If these ignorant tossers had done their research(!) they’d have realised the extent to which the the WONDERFUL BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (how dare these antipodean ar*eholes interfere with its smooth running) depends on overseas nurses (and staff in general), to whom a differing dialect would signify very little. In any event, I suspect it must have been apparent that the first language of the poor nurse wasn’t English. Charge them or extradite them (what they did was illegal according to UK – and I would have thought Aussie – law). It goes without saying they should be fired – no reasonable person makes a prank call to a HOSPITAL!
I Don't know the policy of the hospital however patient confidentiality is high priority. The call should have been routed to a charge nurse or security . I feel if the nurses had been counseled or briefed on security precautions prior to the shift possibly the tragedy would not have been.
The dj's yes, poor judgment the line crossed was unethical. Health , death , and certain moral issues should not be crossed. The policy should be changed and enforced regarding limitations to prank calls.
I can imagine the nurses excitement , how she was so eager to provide information to the queen and how devastated she was to know she had made a humiliating mistake. I don't know what was said to her and what financial fines (hippa laws/ phi) and legal troubles loss of licensure / job would result . I don't know if she had a union , employee assistance counseling to help her because she was clearly not coping well . Sad situation
Talk about a blame game! This nurse sounds like she was a very unstable woman. Methinks the hospital should think about revising their PRIVACY procedures.
I don't think they should lose their jobs over the death, but rather their poor judgement. The DJs have commented that they didn't think the call would be put through. The entire time, the DJs had the option to end the call by hanging up. Instead they chose to escalate the call by seeking private health information. And it should be illegal to impersonate a family member for the purposes of obtaining confidential information.
I don't see them as victims, as the article states, but I do think that there is no possible way they could have known this would happen. I don't think they should lose their jobs over it! This is very tragic that a woman has ended her life after a prank call, but I don't believe she did it BECAUSE of the prank call. Obviously there was something else going on in her life in order for her to actually end it like this.