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The voice of this nurse to me sounded middle aged, I could be wrong, but what if after years of nursing and dedication she was threatened with the sack over her sillyness in believing this horrible prank... so sad.... but to make a prank on any hospital is deplorable and not one bit funny.
Very much agree with this - the prank call was a bit rubbish and maybe not in the best possible taste - but you can't blame the pranksters for what happened. Rather, I think one has to look at the hospital and the royal machine and ask how much support they gave to staff who were suddenly put under the enormous pressure of looking after such a high-profile patient, in addition to their not exactly easy regular duties.
I personally have no interest in the royals but when death is involved that's a different story, but i can't understand how people (the nurse) can mistake the queen for those idiots.
Would the idiots like it if someone did that to them!
It's possible. Imagine working a nurses' station with all the trauma going on and having your mind focused on taking care of patients. Suddenly the phone rings and it is supposedly the Queen. I can see the nurse thinking it is true. The hospital was deluged with the press and phone calls.
The death of this nurse is outrageous. The call went viral on the net and on the telly. I'm sure she felt like she had let down the hospital and the royals. I feel so sorry for this woman. What a loss and what a waste of a good, giving, caring person.
Both the behaviour of the tabloid press and this prank just highlight the fact that the media simply don't care what damage they do to ordinary people in their quest for a 'story', notoriety and more money.
But I have an idea for a jolly jape. Lock up the pranksters and a few journalists in Bellmarsh for a couple of months and see if they find that funny.
It's possible. Imagine working a nurses' station with all the trauma going on and having your mind focused on taking care of patients. Suddenly the phone rings and it is supposedly the Queen. I can see the nurse thinking it is true. The hospital was deluged with the press and phone calls.
The death of this nurse is outrageous. The call went viral on the net and on the telly. I'm sure she felt like she had let down the hospital and the royals. I feel so sorry for this woman. What a loss and what a waste of a good, giving, caring person.
I don't see how this is the fault of the 'royals'. The Duchess was a patient at the hospital. It is not her responsibility or that of the 'royals' to run the hospital.
I don't see how this is the fault of the 'royals'. The Duchess was a patient at the hospital. It is not her responsibility or that of the 'royals' to run the hospital.
Last time I called a hospital to try to find out about a relative I was told absolutely nothing. This was after being interrogated, rather rudely, I thought.
When my relative got out, she had me call the hospital and set up some sort of protocol with them so that I would be able to get information the next time I called.
The main intent of pointing fingers and finding someone at fault should be to prevent something like this from ever happening again. Fire the pranksters and make them laughing stocks or worse. Find out what protocol this fine private hospital has set in place to prevent just "anyone" from getting directly through to the nurses who are attending the patient. I'm not the one to come up with ideas, but surely there must be a way, a secret password, a direct phone line, something so that people can be certain they are speaking to an authorized person and not someone who has no business knowing.
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