Aussie prank callers are getting a hard time right now. Poor Jacintha
was taken in by their phoney accents and passed their call on. For that
she has paid with her life.
The radio station and its DJs are
taking the flak, as they should. The King Edward V11 Hospital expressed
deep sympathy and said they had been supporting their staff. That's good
of them.
This is a hospital that regularly sees Royal patients,
Prince Philip for one. Nobody invaded his privacy and asked about his
wee infection. If they had, would they have been given all the details?
Something
suggests that they would. Poor Jacintha did not usually manage the
switchboard, but was helping out in the early hours.
Given how many VIPs
use this place there should be a big notice on the wall, telling staff
exactly where to direct calls. In big letters, so that there is no
doubt.
The pranksters never expected to be out through. That was
obvious at the amazement when they were. They were intrusive and
unprincipled but not criminal, though they are now being treated as
such. The sanctimonious stance of the hospital is much harder to
stomach.
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