Hospital not amused by prank caller

SOMEONE IS PLAYING A CRUEL PRANK ON PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE IS CALLING PEO...  More »

SOMEONE IS PLAYING A CRUEL PRANK ON PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE IS CALLING PEOPLE AT HOME AND TELLING THEM THEIR LOVED ONE IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THEY SHOULD RUSH TO PRESBYTERIAN'S MAIN HOSPITAL. IT'S NOT UNTIL THEY GET THERE, THAT THEY REALIZE IT'S A LIE. CRIS ORNELAS IS HERE WITH THE DETAILS. TOM, NICOLE WHAT MAKES THESE CALLS SEEM SO REAL IS THAT IT SHOWS UP ON CALLER I-D AS COMING FROM PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. IT'S HAPPENED NINE TIMES, TWICE JUST LAST NIGHT. 1:22 'in our business of the emergency department we often times have to call people and give them bad news so we're very concerned that someone is doing this as a prank' OFFICIALS AT PRESBYTERIAN SAY SOMEONE IS CALLING PEOPLE AND CONVINCING THEM A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THEN THE WORKERS AT THE PRES E-R ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH. 00:39-:52 'it involves a person calling family members at home saying that their loved ones or one of their best friends has been in a terrible accident or had a heart attack or something bad has happened to them and they need to come immediately to the emergency room' SECURITY AT THE HOSPITAL IS INVESTIGATING BUT SAY THE PERPETRATOR CHANGES IT UP ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HARD TO TRACE. DIFFERENT DAYS DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY SAY THE ONLY CONSTANT IS ITS ALWAYS A MAN'S VOICE. 2:39-2:34 'sometimes they'll say mother/father other times they'll actually know the persons name' AND THE CALLER HAS GONE TO SOME TROUBLE TO MAKE THE CALL APPEAR AS THOUGH ITS COMING FROM PRESBYTERIAN. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE WAYS TO FAKE THAT. OFFICIALS AT PRES SAY THEY CAN'T RULE OUT THAT A ROGUE EMPLOYEE IS MAKING THE PRANK CALLS. THEY SAY IF YOU GET ONE OF THE FAKE CALLS YOU SHOULD FILE A POLICE REPORT SO WHEN THEY CATCH THE CALLER THEY CAN PRESS CHARGES. NOW IF YOU GET A CALL AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IF ITS REAL... JUST CALL THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, ASK FOR THE CHARGE NURSE AND THEN ASK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONE. OFFICIALS AT  « Less