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Who gets the kidney? Cast your vote now….

A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with aprogramme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patientsto receive her kidneys. Political parties have called for The Big Donor Show tobe scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country’sshortage 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.

More at BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm

Ed:  Those Dutch!  Coming up next at 9 p.m:  Running Man…