TV Kidney Competition Was A Hoax

A Dutch TV contest which purported to show a dying woman choose a patient to receive her kidneys was a hoax. The "donor" in the show was in fact, an actress. However, the three people vying for an organ were real patients in need of a kidney transplant. These three people did know that The Big donor Show was not real. It was made to highlight the shortage of Dutch donors. The show had atracted widespread criticism before the hoax was revealed.Presenter Patrick Lodiers said "We are not giving away a kidney here, that is going too far even for us," just at the moment when the fake donor was apparently about to reveal her choice of patient. It sounds to me like the whole thing was in bad taste, don't you think so too?

Dutch TV Station Program

A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. "It's a crazy idea," said Joop Atsma, of the ruling Christian Democrat Party and I have to agree with him. Have you ever heard of such a thing? The broadcaster says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. I know there is a shortage almost everywhere but this takes the cake. Even the Dutch donor authority has condemned the show, as well as, kidney specialists in the UK. I don't think it would go over here in the United States either.