Radio station suspends ads after nurse's death

Started by NewsCaster, Dec 08, 2012, 10:30 PM

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The nurse's death has left sadness on the streets of London, and unanswered questions about the circumstances surrounding Saldanha's death. NBC's Anabel Roberts reports.By Kari Huus, NBC NewsUpdated at 8:30 a.m. ET: An Australian radio station that staged a prank phone call to the hospital where Duchess Kate was being treated has suspended the radio hosts involved and pulled all advertising after a nurse who was fooled by the call was found dead.Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead Friday, is seen in a handout photograph from London's Metropolitan Police.Mel Greig and Michael Christian, radio hosts on the station 2Day FM in Sydney, called King Edward VII’s Hospital earlier in the week and pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles — and obtained information about Kate's closely watched pregnancy. They were said to be "shattered" by Jacintha Saldanha's death.





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