Hosiptal Slams DJs Prank Behind Nurse Death

Finally putting a face to name, the first photo of the nurse from Kate Middleton's hospital who committed suicide hours after two Australian DJ's pranked her has just been released.

Scotland Yard sent out the haunting snap-shot of Jacintha Saldanha -- the nurse on-call at King Edward VII Hospital in London -- who was duped by two radio DJs pretending to be the Queen of England and Prince Charles.

According to Scotland Yard, the 46-year-old Saldanha was pounced dead on scene Friday and her death is currently listed as "unexplained." An autopsy will be held next week.

Saldanha's family issued a statement. saying, "We are deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved Jacintha. We would ask that the media respect out privacy at this difficult time."

The Australian radio station behind the phony phone call also issued a statement Saturday, stating it did nothing wrong and there was no way to have foreseen the tragic outcome.

As TMZ previously reported, the two DJ's behind the phone call have since suspended themselves from the airwaves.

The hospital that employed Jacintha Saldanha , the nurse found dead in an apparent suicide just days after she’d been duped by a hoax call concerning Kate Middleton, is expressing outrage over the radio station hosts who perpetrated the prank.

Lord Glenarthur, the chairman of King Edward VII Hospital, penned a letter to the owners of 2Day FM in Sydney, Australia, calling the trick by deejays Mel Greig and Michael Christian "foolish" and "appalling," with the outcome "tragic beyond words."

"King Edward VII’s Hospital cares for sick people, and it was extremely foolish of your presenters even to consider trying to lie their way through to one of our patients, let alone actually make the call," wrote Glenarthur

The letter continued, "Then to discover that, not only had this happened, but that the call had been pre-recorded and the decision to transmit approved by your station’s management, was truly appalling."

"The immediate consequence of these premeditated and ill-considered actions was the humiliation of two dedicated and caring nurses who were simply doing their job tending to their patients," continued the message.

Glenarthur added, "The longer term consequence has been reported around the world and is, frankly, tragic beyond words. I appreciate that you cannot undo the damage which has been done but I would urge you to take steps to ensure that such an incident could never be repeated."

Meanwhile, police have released the first photo of Saldanha (see above), who leaves behind a husband and two teenage children.

In a press conference held by 2Day FM ownership, Greig and Christian were described as "completely shattered" by the week’s events.

What a waste ... so sad :
In which twisted reality does making a prank call to a hospital and to a sick and pregnant woman count as a joke?

This poor nurse must have felt keenly responsible for causing her employers deep embarrassment, for jeopardising her employers' relationship with the royal family, for making a colleague trust her and reveal confidential information, for putting a patient's health in jeopardy, for risking the wrath of the most powerful family in her host country, for being blamed and for being the butt of jokes world-wide...

All because two idiots and their bosses thought it would be "fun" to call a hospital about a sick woman. Shame on you!