Jacintha Saldanha** -- the nurse found dead after a phone prank to
Kate Middleton's hospital room from an Australian radio duo received
worldwide attention -- left a suicide note, RadarOnline.com has
learned.
News outlets in the UK reported the presence of a note Tuesday, though
the contents of the purported note have not been made public this
time. One clue as to what it might reveal came from comments from her
brother Naveen, who told Mail Online Sunday that the nurse was
"aproper and righteous person" who "would have would have felt much
shame about the incident."
Meanwhile, an autopsy is being performed Tuesday on Saldanhas body,
who was found dead last Friday -- only days after the prank gone
horribly wrong.
As we previously reported, the 46-year-old wife and mother-of-two was
the senior duty nurse at the King Edward VII Hospital when two
Australian radio DJs Mel Greig** and Michael Christian** called
pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles.
The phone call was made at 5:30 a.m. last Tuesday, before the
hospitals secretary had started work. Saldanha was helping out by
answering calls when she was unwittingly tricked.
In the wake ofSaldanha'sdeath, her family is demanding answers from
the private hospital over the circumstances that led to the tragic
end, saying an internal inquiry is not enough.Her husband Ben Barboza,
49, and their children Junal, 17 and Lisha, 14, have demanded to know
everything."
Labor MP Keith Vaz, who is representing the family, met hospital
chairman Lord Glenarthur to demand a full inquiry into her death.
Vaz, the chairman of the Commons home affairs committee, said that
"what the family need are the full facts.What the chairman of the
hospital said to me was that there are inquiries going on in the
hospitalthat is not sufficient for the family.
"There are unexplained circumstances. The family want to know
everything. All the facts, fully and clearly. The hospital needs to be
more proactive, a full inquiry is needed and the family need to be
included in that.
An NHS accountant,Barboza and his children live in Bristol, while the
nurse stayed in staff accommodations at the West London hospital.
Vaz called theSaldanhasa lovely close-knit family, a Catholic family,
who will be spending their first Christmas without their mother, and
for Ben, without his wife.
He said the family was in the dark about the hoax call" and "hadnt
watched the news or seen anything about it," not even knowing their
involvement "until after Jacinthas death.
Meanwhile, the radio station that employsGreig and Christian have
canceled the stations annual Christmas party, saying it wouldnt be
appropriate given the tragedy.
In addition, Southern Cross Austereo, the company which owns 2Day FM,
said it would be donating more than $500,000 to a memorial fund set up
in the late nurses name by King Edward VII Hospital.
We hope that by contributing to a memorial fund we can help to provide
the Saldanha family with the support they need at this very difficult
time, saidRhys Holleran, Southern Cross Austereos chief executive.
As Yonlineng.com previously reported, Greig and Christian have
tearfully apologized for the prank, and remain on indefinite
suspension.
Source : Radar
