Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures has found a home on The Movie Network and Movie Central, both of which have ordered the 8 x 60 series, which is slated to begin production later this year through Shaftesbury Films.

The reworking of the Vincent Lam novel, which won the Giller Prize in 2006, will be ‘like no other medical drama brought to television,’ says Shaftesbury chairman and CEO Christina Jennings.

The novel is comprised of several short stories that probe the lives of doctors and the conflicts they encounter with patients, each other and within themselves. Shaftesbury regular Jason Sherman (ReGenesis, The Murdoch Mysteries) is writing and developing a script. It is expected to shoot later this year.