did he really say that? clearly not read or understood (or believed) any of the story, just applied his prejudices. gone from bit mad eccentric, to grade A canute, very horrible and very arrogant himself.
i was pointing out the obvious potential outcomes. the sort of things you'd expect, when thinking "hey, this is funny a prank" and you'd hope would make you say "maybe not so funny". clearly some think you can do what you like, screw the consequences as its good for a laugh, if bad stuff...
its very simple though, if there were no prank call, there would have been no information given out, or no embaressment or no improper application of hospital phone procedure, no hounding by the press etc. that might reasonably be expected to follow. we may differ on the "minimum", but we've...
the evidence would suggest otherwise. i doubt it was this matter on it own, but clearly it was an important factor in someone feeling they couldnt continue life anymore. as point out before at a minimum you could expect this prank to result in a disciplinary action for breaching patient...
maybe not this eventuality, but they could have thought "what if we get through, someone tells us stuff, the world media knows and they get disciplined or sacked and we generally ruin their career". clearly they dont give a shit about the consequences of their actions.
in this case, good. it was a prank that was always going to have repercussions for the victim, they should have about it a bit more. they commited an offence didnt they, obtaining confidential information by deception?