FM Disc Jockeys Prank. (42)

Few things seem to stand out in this

* given the high profile of the patient i.e. future King's wife, I would have thought the security, especially something as simple as telephone enquiries would have ALL been screened by a member of their Personal Security?? A simple password could have been given to any close family??

* considering that the British Press has just been put through the wringers with the Leveson Inquiry largely due to them invading people's privacy, the same press who tapped into a dead child's voicemail messagebank?? Helloooo! pot-kettle? bit of double standards on their part.

* somebody, managerial status at least, gave the OK for this to go to air, not the DJ's.

No one could have predicted it would have such terrible consequences, prank calls are made every day - but it seems like permission was not given for the nurses's telephone call to go to air?

Sad for all concerned, especially the nurse's family, even Kate and William, this must have cast a dark shadow over what should be such a joyous time for them?

JMHO and yes definitely not the subject for ranters, ravers and nutters on some social media sites. Just adds to the pain of the people involved.

must be more to this .She must have more issues than that call .you wouldnt kill yourself over that call.
And it was reported that the radio station called the hospital or people invovled 5 times before it went to air!!

That's the thing isn't it? The DJ's who made the call would not know if that nurse had already had a bad day/week whatever.

Dog died? Close family member recently passed away? Financial troubles? Who knows?

There is talk of a post mortem when more might come out? Doesn't really matter - nothing can bring her back to her family?

I think it had to do with he culture... being Indian... they do not have our sense of humor and are far more likely to take pranks as serious... something they dont tend to do... is mix business and fun...

and its not the DJ's fault... its the station supervisor or whoever it was that approved this...

But the young DJ's are getting it really tough.. and I do feel very very sorry for them...

I do also feel very sorry for the nurse, her family and the flow on to Kate... who really did not need this .

Merri, you having a bit to do with the way HR works these days would realise how much something we see as being relatively innocent can be blown out of the water. Especially if some money can be made of it (talking about media sales here).

But as said before, there is a lot that hasn't been said, and probably never will.

Of course yes! a simple password.
When my daughter got badly hurt we had all types of nutters trying to get in to see her it got so bad we had a password ELVIS it worked like a charm,the press were great they just called me or the lady in charge of the media at the hospital ...thinking about it why the hell didnt anyone think to put those precautions in place as this is the future Queen we are talking about here.

Especially with the Royals, the protocals are very rigid in hospitals. Has to be more to this.

My son-in-law's Nan is at the stage of needing more care. He works in a hospital theatre himself and is not available 24/7. But the stupid hospital staff who have him as primary contact wait for him to call when something goes wrong don't pass on information. And then hardly give him any information when he just rings to see how she is going.

He rang the hospital one day, telling them he was going to grab some stuff from her place and is there anything special she needs.. "No problems. Be there in an hour and I will get her some clean stuff." Gets there and they had moved her to another hospital 2 hours earlier.

"Which hospital?"

"Our records show she was discharged 2 hours ago."

Which hospital has she gone to?"

"She has gone home."

"I was there 15 minutes ago and the place was empty."

"You will need to speak to the Social Worker about that."

"Can I see the Social Worker now?"

"No, she finished an hour ago."


Now some big 6'3" bloke swearing like a trooper does seem to get some attention from Security. But as he had also worked in hospital security before, he did know a few of the guys. So 4 big blokes and 2 senior surgeons (who he did work for) confronting the staff did finally get an answer where she went. To another hospital.

Protocals should mean that the primary carer needs to be involved ever step of the way. And if my son-in-law is not available then my daughter is contactable at all other times. Nobody else, just them.

So these 2 young journalists seem to have been set up well and truly. No media outlet would ever broadcast a prank that went wrong, let alone one that did not have the right permissions to broadcast an interview/prank.