Kate Middleton Prank Call Nurse 'Had Made Two Earlier Suicide Attempts'

[Nye Bevan]

A nurse who was found dead days after transferring a prank call made to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for morning sickness, had made two previous suicide attempts, it has been claimed.

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It has now emerged she was being treated with anti-depressants and had made two attempts to take her own life during a family holiday in India, last December.

According to the Daily Mail, she was rushed to hospital after an overdose of pills, but tried to commit suicide again just nine days later by jumping from a building.

She was treated for depression and admitted to a psychiatric ward at Father Muller Medical College Hospital in Mangalore, India, The Sun said.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/24/jacintha-saldanha-death-kate-middleton-prank-call-nurse-suicide-_n_2358321.html

Obviously she was an extremely troubled woman. I don't think the DJs who made the prank call should be wracked with guilt over her suicide.

[BigDemVoter]

1. That prank call was in poor taste and wasn't funny.

In fact, it was really idiotic. Nonetheless, a prank call doesn't MAKE somebody commit suicide. It would be irresponsible to blame the suicide on the phone call. That poor woman obviously had issues BEFORE she ever received the prank call.

I agree that the callers shouldn't feel guilty about her suicide as terrible as it was. They are guilty of stupidity and maybe illegally taping a phone conversation?

[Hekate]

2. Practical jokers never "mean" to actually hurt anyone, do they?

Yet theirs is the type of "humor" that readily leads to humiliation, social harm, and even physical injury. I've never been a fan.

Robert A. Heinlein wrote, "A 'practical joker' deserves applause for his wit according to its quality. Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one might grant keelhauling. But staking him out on an anthill should be reserved for the very wittiest."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke

Don't let these two idiots off the hook and allow them walk away guiltless. They intended to humiliate for a laugh, and they did. That they didn't know their target was frail does not excuse their actions.

Hekate

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I agree with your assessment

To state otherwise is tantamount to 'f**k her if she can't take a joke.'