On November 10, 2006, Canadian production company
Shaftesbury Films announced a deal with Lam to adapt the book into an eight-episode television series. According to TMN spokesperson Michelle Marion, "
ER is a medical drama for conventional television.
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a medical drama for pay television." The series went into production in 2009, and debuted in January 2010 on
The Movie Network and
Movie Central's multiplex service,
HBO Canada. The show's cast includes
Shawn Ashmore as Fitz,
Mayko Nguyen as Ming, Keon Mohajeri as Sri,
Byron Mann as Chen, and Terra Vnesa as Sienna.
Jason Sherman wrote the teleplay. Guest stars include
Tatiana Maslany,
Zoie Palmer,
Joe Cobden and
William Ellis.
International broadcasts ==References==