Suicide of Jacintha Saldanha
Jacintha Saldanha was an Indian nurse who worked at King Edward VII's Hospital in the City of Westminster, London. On 7 December 2012, she was found dead by suicide, three days after falling for a prank phone call as part of a radio stunt. In the prank call, the hosts of the Australian radio programme Hot30 Countdown, broadcast on the Southern Cross Austereo owned station 2Day FM in Sydney, called Saldanha's hospital and impersonated the Queen and the then-Prince of Wales enquiring about the health of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who was a patient there at the time. Saldanha fell for the hoax and transferred the call to the nurse looking after the Duchess.
Saldanha in a family photograph
Buildings of the King Edward VII's Hospital in Devonshire Street, London
King Edward VII's Hospital
King Edward VII's Hospital is a private hospital located on Beaumont Street in the Marylebone district of central London.
Image: King Edward VII Hospital Sister Agnes
Image: King Edward VII's Hospital, 37 Devonshire Street
Agnes Keyser as "Sister Agnes"
Original site of the hospital at 17 Grosvenor Crescent, now the Belgian Embassy