Middleton's hospital fooled by prank call
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December 6, 2012, Thursday
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THE London hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate Middleton for severe morning sickness admitted yesterday it had fallen for a prank call from an Australian radio station, relaying personal details about her condition.
Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Monday suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe nausea and vomiting.
News of her pregnancy and her hospitalization has generated a worldwide media frenzy.
However, two presenters from the Australian 2Day radio station managed to go one step further after calling the hospital pretending to be William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth and his father, the heir-to-the throne Prince Charles.
Despite putting on unconvincing impressions of the royal duo, they were put through to the ward where Middleton is being treated and given intimate details about how she was faring.
The hospital confirmed the hoax call had been made and it regretted the incident. It added there was no way such a call would have been put through to a patient.
"This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore," said John Lofthouse, the hospital's chief executive. "We take patient confidentiality extremely seriously and we are now reviewing our telephone protocols."
Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Monday suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe nausea and vomiting.
News of her pregnancy and her hospitalization has generated a worldwide media frenzy.
However, two presenters from the Australian 2Day radio station managed to go one step further after calling the hospital pretending to be William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth and his father, the heir-to-the throne Prince Charles.
Despite putting on unconvincing impressions of the royal duo, they were put through to the ward where Middleton is being treated and given intimate details about how she was faring.
The hospital confirmed the hoax call had been made and it regretted the incident. It added there was no way such a call would have been put through to a patient.
"This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore," said John Lofthouse, the hospital's chief executive. "We take patient confidentiality extremely seriously and we are now reviewing our telephone protocols."
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