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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 07:12 pm |
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Aurora BANNED MY ARSE! 
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A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. Political parties have called for The Big Donor Show to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. "It's a crazy idea," said Joop Atsma, of the ruling Christian Democrat Party. "It can't be possible that, in the Netherlands, people vote about who's getting a kidney," he told the BBC. The programme, from Big Brother creators Endemol, is due to be screened on Friday night. 'Totally unacceptable' Specialists in kidney transplants have condemned the programmeThe 37-year-old donor, identified only as Lisa, will make her choice based on the contestants' history, profile and conversation with their family and friends. Viewers will also be able to send in their advice by text message during the 80-minute show. The Dutch donor authority has condemned the show, as have kidney specialists in the UK. "The scenario portrayed in this programme is ethically totally unacceptable," said Professor John Feehally, who has just ended his term as president of the UK's Renal Association. "The show will not further understanding of transplants," he added. "Instead it will cause confusion and anxiety."  Professor Feehally also pointed out that, under normal circumstances, two people would benefit from a donor, each receiving one kidney. "The set up of the programme bears no relationship to the way decisions are made about transplants in the real world," he said. "Living donors can choose altruistically to give one of their kidneys - usually to a family member. "If organs become available after someone dies, health professionals with access to detailed information about those waiting for a transplant make objective decisions about who should receive those particular kidneys." 'Shocking'  BNN chairman Laurens Drillich has defended the show The former director of TV station BNN, Bart de Graaff, died from kidney failure aged 35 after spending years on a transplant waiting list. "The chance for a kidney for the contestants is 33%," said the station's current chairman, Laurens Drillich. "This is much higher than that for people on a waiting list." "We think that is disastrous, so we are acting in a shocking way to bring attention to this problem." "For years and years we have had problems in the Netherlands with organ donations and especially kidney donations," agreed Alexander Pechtold of D-66, the Dutch social liberal party. "You can have a discussion about if this is distasteful, but finally we have a public debate," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. TV critics in the UK have expressed horror at the programme, but said such a show would be unlikely in Britain. "My first reaction, probably everyone's reaction, is that this is as dangerously near as we've got to a TV programme playing God," said Julia Raeside of the Guardian newspaper. "People may live or die on the result of a game show. It's a step too far. "I don't think this is anything to do with reality TV. It's just a crazy idea that would never play out over here." The outcry comes at a difficult time for production company Endemol, who were censured by Ofcom last week for their handling of the Celebrity Big Brother racism row. The Australian version of Big Brother has also drawn criticism for not telling a contestant that her father had died. HAVE YOUR SAY  I thought organ recipients were chosen on who is the closest match, not who the donor likes the most  Steve Davies, Romford, UK *********************************************************** Don't you think that Laurens Drillich looks like someone out of Star Trek? 
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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 10:14 pm |
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I think just to make things more interesting 1 of the contestants should be a 'Hannibal Lecter' type
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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2007 10:17 pm |
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fat spaniel
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Egg, bacon, sausage, mushrooms and kidneys, washed down with a nice Chianti .....pha,pha,pha
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| Posted: Fri Jun 1st, 2007 09:40 pm |
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fat spaniel
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The Great Kidney Hoax
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| Posted: Wed Jun 6th, 2007 02:38 pm |
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I knew this was a hoax and it's why I put the story here. It was announced last Friday that 20,000 Dutch people have added themselves to the kidney doner list due to this programme being aired, the number is rising every day. A sick way to attract doners maybe but it worked.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 9th, 2007 12:12 am |
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I can sort of see two halves to this Kidney show debate... My family has experienced this issue first hand as my FIL was on the waiting list for a donor for several years. During that time he deteriorated and improved and came on and off the list as his state of health changed. Then my MIL was tested and turned out to be a good match, so she donated one of her kidneys to him. Tragically even though the donation op was a success and the kidney was working well, he was so weakened by years of dialysis that he had a massive cardiac arrest in the recovery room and died the following day in the ICU having never recovered conciousness. Its a very emotive subject and one that of course every person is entitled to hold their own opinions on. Not everyone feels that donation is a good thing, or something that they wish to consider, especially before their own death. I'm not going to get into those sorts of wranglings here, but just to say that in a way, even though this program was deliberately shocking it has raised awareness and hopefully less people will have to suffer the endless routine of dialysis and the associated illness because people will be more willing to think about being an organ donor. OK, I've got off my high horse now!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11th, 2007 08:38 am |
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It's an odd way of doing it, granted, but if it gets more people to sign up, it can only possibly be a good thing!
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