


Prank call Buildings of the King Edward VII's Hospital in Devonshire Street, London However, multiple news sources later revealed that this was not Saldanha's first attempt at suicide, noting she had attempted suicide on two previous occasions and was taking antidepressant medication. The family initially reported to the press that Saldanha did not have any history of mental illness or depression. In December 2012, she was staying in nurse's quarters at her London workplace, for the sake of convenience, while her family (husband, 16-year-old son, and 14-year-old daughter) lived in Bristol. She was born in Shirva, India, and had lived in the Sultanate of Oman for several years, before moving to England around 2002. Saldanha was 46 years old at the time of her death.

Despite numerous calls for legal action, no charges were laid. Saldanha's suicide led to public outrage, including in Saldanha's home country against those responsible for perpetrating and broadcasting the prank. Saldanha fell for the hoax and transferred the call to the nurse looking after the Duchess. 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 Prince of Wales enquiring about the health of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who was a patient there at the time. 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. Jacintha Saldanha (1966 – 7 December 2012) was an Indian nurse who worked at King Edward VII's Hospital in the City of Westminster, London.
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Preliminary held 13 December 2012, full 11 & 12 September 2014 Charterhouse Annexe, King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, Westminster, Greater London
