2Day FM's presenters behind the prank call linked to a UK nurse's death are said to be "fragile". Source: AAP
MEMBERS of the board of Southern Cross Austereo have met as the global condemnation continues over radio station 2Day FM's prank phone call to a London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was a patient.
Chairman Max Moore-Wilton led a crisis meeting on Sunday afternoon to discuss a stinging letter from the London hospital where British nurse Jacintha Saldanha worked before she died on Friday.
Austereo is expected to release a statement on the outcome of the meeting on Monday.
Ms Saldanha had answered the phone at London's King Edward VII Hospital last week when Mel Greig and Michael Christian rang, pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles asking for an update on the condition of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge.
The mother-of-two then transferred the call to a colleague, who went on to give sensitive information to the pair about the duchess, who is suffering from a severe form of morning sickness.
In the letter to Southern Cross Austereo, the chairman of King Edward VII's Hospital Lord Glenarthur urged Mr Moore-Wilton to take steps to ensure that such an incident could never be repeated.
"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," he wrote.
The two presenters behind the stunt are undergoing intensive counselling, having been confronted with a barrage of abuse via social media.
A Southern Cross Austereo spokeswoman told AAP on Sunday that Greig and Christian will speak to the media, but the timing will depend on their state of mind as they are currently both described as fragile.
In a video message on the Austereo website, chief executive Rhys Holleran says there are no current plans for Greig and Christian to return to the air.
"At this point in time, the radio show won't go ahead into the future, and will be reviewed," he said.
Mr Holleran said he was concerned for Greig and Christian's welfare and that they were "incredibly distraught".
He also expressed his company's "deep sadness" over the nurse's death, describing it as a "tragic event, and one that we could never have reasonably foreseen".
London's Metropolitan Police have contacted NSW Police, through the Australian Federal Police, over the prank. Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas said the call was a fairly routine procedure and that the Met had not asked for any action to be taken.
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