Miracle Workers..Inspirational?..or new low?

"Miracle Workers" is a new primetime series for ABC. Each week the show will focus on patients with serious medical conditions. An elite team of medical professionals will utilize cutting edge medical procedures in an effort to restore not only the health but also the hope of the patients.

If you, or someone you know, is in need of a life-changing operation, please click APPLY to submit a brief application form.

We are paricularly interested in finding potential candidates for the following procedures:

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Brain and Spine Tumor Treatment
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Cornea Transplant
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Cochlear Implant
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Artificial Disc Replacement
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Cranio-Facial Surgery
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Bilateral Hip Replacement
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Reconstructive Surgery for Vascular Anomalies (ex. Hemangioma)
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Radiosynovectomy for Hemophiliacs
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor, Parkinsons, or Dystonia
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Vascular Surgery
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Rhizotomy Surgery

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This is the Application Form for a New Reality Tv show, "The Miracle Workers", ABC are now looking for severly ill "impoverished" people to take part in the show, two per episode,they make no promises about actually solving the problems of the candidates but the show offers to use radical new procedures to help those that may be too poor or too sick to help with standard medical science, they are also casting Nurses and Doctors for the caring roles of the patients..here is a snippet of what ABC is looking for from their medical professionals..

"In particular, we feel it's critical that the nurses chosen not defer mechanically to care options proposed by others, but instead be willing and able to resist options that may not be in the patients' best interest. Not only would this likely enhance drama and educate viewers, but in a show designed to make over a person's health in an hour, it could be a vital check on any possible temptation to conduct flashy but unwise procedures for the sake of television drama. And of course, it would show millions of viewers that nurses are skilled, autonomous professionals."

My Question is this, Is a show that basicly lotterys Medical help to poor and severely sick people going a step too far?, as thousands of desperate people apply for the show who will be picked?..and what criteria will ABC be useing to select potential candidates?..will it be those who need medical help the most?..or those that will gaurantee the largest viewing figures and the most Money for the Tv Station?..personally i feel this show is morally reprehensible, whats your opinion?.