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This is an archive article published on October 23, 2013

Sh*t happens: Australian media boss on Indian nurse Jacintha Saldanha’s death

During Southern Cross Media’s annual general meeting here,chairman Max Moore-Wilton reportedly used salty language to describe the tragedy.

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The infamous royal prank call,which led to the death of an India-born nurse,was mired in another controversy Tuesday when the head of the Australian media group that owns the radio station brushed off the incident as “s**t happens”.

During Southern Cross Media’s annual general meeting here,chairman Max Moore-Wilton reportedly used salty language to describe the tragedy in which 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha allegedly committed suicide.

“These incidents were unfortunate,no doubt about that,” Moore-Wilton told shareholders. “But in the immortal words of someone whose identity I cannot recall,sh*t happens,” Sydney Morning Herald reported Tuesday.

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Saldanha was found hanging in the nurse’s quarters of the King Edward VII hospital here,days after being duped into transferring a hoax call from two Australian radio presenters — Mel Greig and Michael Christian — that gave away information about a then pregnant Kate Middleton’s health.

Meanwhile,British Indian MP Keith Vaz,who has been supporting the family since the nurse’s death,called for an apology from Moore-Wilton after his “insult to the memory” of Saldanha.

“This is an insult to the memory of a loving mother and wife,” he said. “The station has clearly not learnt the lessons from this incident. Mr Moore-Wilson must apologise for his comments immediately.”

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