Don't underestimate the power of shame in some countries, India being one of those high up on the list.

Don't be silly. Mrs Saldanha’s family today demanded answers from the hospital over the circumstances that led to her death, saying an internal inquiry is not enough. Very clearly, this means that it was the incident and sequence of events at the hospital which is the focus of their demand. The only person doing any speculating is YOU, as there is no suggestion of any other issue leading to this tragedy, and you are pointlessly ignoring the obvious.

You say I don't "know".

You say "No-one does". Well, her husband is reportedly "seething" with the presenters and the hospital management, and I venture to suggest that having read her suicide note, he may have a fairly good idea.

either that, or he's got ££££'s in his eyes?

From my experience of those whose spouses have died in tragic circumstances, I can only say that I have yet to come across a single one in that category.

If you're responding to me, have you seen the news that the Austrlian broadcaster will donate "at least £320,000" to her family?

why are they donating anything?

I knew a knob-jockey would come around sooner or later. Congratulations.

Yes. Why?

If you were a cynic you might conclude it's a desperate attempt at damage limitation and to curry favour in the eyes of all the major sponsors that have jumped ship since the incident.

Mmmm, curry flavour.........?
D'oh!

Had a really nice Thai Curry in Carlisle on Friday Night. One of those "twice tinglers". It gets your lips and tongue when you eat it, then the morning after it gets your.......well you know the rest

Stopped at "Twice Brewed", nice beer and more curry Vindolanda and Housteads Forts are both close and well worth seeing. There is a 7 mile circular walk from Twice Brewed taking in both forts and a very scenic section of the wall. (sorry for thread drift)

My first thoughts on hearing about this incident was "what a stroke of luck for the Hospital Authorities!" Their apparent failure to follow long established protocols regarding access and Media intrusion to members of the Royal Family, could now be conveniently forgotten in the witch hunt fanned by a post Leveson Press, all eager to display their "lessons have been learned credentials"

My second one; what reasonably normal person kills themselves over a work incident, for which their employers consider too minor to even be taken through the Disciplinary Process?

Unlike those amongst us, who mix in rumour and supposition with a healthy dollop of their own inflated opinion and present it as facts, I think there is a lot more to this to come out in the wash.

Can you link to any place where the employers ever described the incident as "minor"? I am aware that they indicated they were supporting rather than disciplining her, although I don't get the feeling that her family has enthusiastically embraced that claim, but would find it odd if by some distance the biggest storm ever to hit that hospital was ever described by them as "minor". And of course the whole point, which you improbably seem to miss, is that it was and is indeed a global storm, which shows no sign of abating, every newspaper, lead on every news across the globe, all because she was fooled and put the call through. If you were the nurse, are you seriously telling me you'd view the furore of which you were at the epicentre as a "minor work incident"?

Really?.


I'm sure you do, but what, if you're implying you have a good idea? I have already seen nutty conspiracy theories that the nurse was assassinated and it's all a cover-up, but then nowadays it is [ide rigueur[/i for the lunatics to come out of the asylum for a while whenever there's a good conspiracy to be theorised.