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We pass on the latest news...

Message from the all-Union construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station...

Stop "Children's Hospital".

Sorry, Kirsan Aldarovich, I just didn’t know you were here.

Nothing, nothing... You can just Kirsan.

Marat Temenovich...

Hello, Marat Temenovich.

You're late, colleague...

How? Wait another 20 minutes.

I'm your age

- I arrived on duty an hour before. - Hello.

Yes, I went to see my people yesterday...

Everything is fine, just kidding!

But…

by name with staff - no need.

- Yes, I understand. - You are a doctor, a leader!

Understood. Thank you.

- Good evening. - Hello, Kirsan Aldarovich.

Hello.

- How are you? - Everything is fine.

Who gave permission to paint your nails?

- I allowed it. - Very funny…

Everything is fine?

Listen.

So are you new with us? Well hello.

- What is your name? - Aisa.

Jesus. To her…

Aisa is a beautiful name.

Well, tell me, Aisa, what happened?

It's written on the map.

Sarana Bairovna, can I talk?

- So... - My head was spinning and I couldn’t walk.

Mom says: “Lie down,” but I went to school, I didn’t want to miss it...

Fell on the way...

Inflammation…

- So, isn't it cold? - Nope.

Now breathe.

Don't breathe.

Well done.

Aisa, don't be afraid of anything.

Everything will be fine. We will cure you.

- How long does the temperature last? - Four days.

Four days... Zin,

ESR and general analysis.

- Yes. - And we’ll hold the twos. Fine?

What is this with us?

- Where? - Wow! As where?

There you go, right behind your ear!

Wow!

And look, the dragon is flying!

And he ate your hematogen.

Focus failed.

Let's learn some tricks.

Do you know…

when adults fail at something...

This makes it easier for children.

- Psychology. - Well, they lose trust in you.

You are a doctor, not a clown.

I didn't know you had a daughter.

Hello.

Yes. I got stuck in the editorial office. It's a shame to drive away.

She's safe.

Wait, are you jealous?

I'm happy for you.

Yeah. What did you promise on the first day?

Night. We always tell the truth.

- Listen. - Listen.

Listen, maybe...

Let's run away from here somewhere, huh? To me?

You think you're irresistible, right?

It was fun - don't ruin it.

- Alena, hold it. - Thank you.

- Igor. - Pauline.

Very nice.

Alain, everyone is lying!

Do you think you won’t lie at MGIMO?

Do you know whose apartment this is?

And... Some doctor.

Not just a doctor.

This is Dmitry Goncharov's apartment.

His dad is a big shot in the Ministry of Health.

So he got him this apartment.

And a laboratory. Dealing with AIDS.

But we don't have AIDS.

To her!

There is no AIDS, but there is a laboratory.

And there are foreign business trips.

- Here you can. - Thank you.

Please!

- Dim, great! - Hello!

What, you were eavesdropping, or what?

Yes, it's interesting. About AIDS.

Do you want a fairy tale?

Let's!

Once upon a time, Emperor Justinian

gathered a huge army to defend Constantinople from the barbarians.

But all the warriors were wiped out by the plague.

Like all of Constantinople.

The first pandemic killed 80 million people.

This is every fourth inhabitant of the earth.

The second, the Black Death, is already a hundred.

Fresh example. Spaniard. 50 million.

In the First World War, which was going on at the same time, fewer died.

So the virus is the most dangerous enemy.

And HIV is the most dangerous virus.

So I'm a hero.

Inconspicuous and very modest.

Listen.

Look, this is a hell of a topic for an article.

Remind me, how many sick people do we have in the USSR?

Dim, I'm sorry, but we'll go.

- Let's go to? - And I’ll stay.

To her.

Kirsan Aldarovich, the child got worse there. Let's go, please.

Gilana, please return to the room...

- It burns and wheezes all over... - Yes, I understand.

To the examination room.

So... The skin is pale. Sweats.

He's freezing. He is cold.

The pupils are normal. Lymph nodes are enlarged.

The wings of the nose are tense. Nasolabial cyanosis.

- He's pale, do you see? - Don't interfere.

- What is the temperature? - 38.9.

- When was the antipyretic given? - Two hours ago, not decreasing.

Dyspnea. Mixed wheezing.

Blood in the lungs. Urgent x-ray.

How are you?

Do you see this shadow? This is a localized outbreak.

- Temperature? - 37.9.

This is a bronchopleural fistula.

Most likely, a congenital pathology.

I don't understand.

We need to operate.

We will open the lung and perform excision and suturing of the fistula.

We prescribe antibiotic therapy.

We need to operate.

- He just fell asleep. - I understand.

Gilyan, the lung cannot cope, and the inflammation is growing.

If we don't do the operation now, then

70% that it will be fatal.

Have you done such operations?

Yes, I did.

Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine.

- Prepare the operating room. - Yes.

Wait for Marat Temenovich.

We can't, the condition is getting worse.

Do you understand what responsibility you take on?

Understand.

And we make a puncture in the second intercostal space.

After opening, localize the purulent cavity -

- bronchopleural fistula. - The size of the fistula?

Less than two centimeters.

Ventilation support.

Tampon.

Scalpel.

I'm drying.

Extender.

- He's pale. - I see.

Adrenaline.

Sub.

The shift is over.

I did everything right.

I don't understand why this happened.

It just burned out.

It happens.

Take care of yourself, otherwise you won't last long.

Fill out the papers and go home,

We'll figure out the rest tomorrow.

I didn’t go to my mother...

I couldn't...

Home, Kirsan.

Why did you come?

To visit my son.

Check?

Well, not without this, the mother asked.

Good morning.

How's my bunny doing? Wait a minute...

The bunny is dying.

We will resurrect. Ask.

Today at 11

an interview with Chazov on TV.

Just on your topic.

How did you do it?

Company's secret.

What you won't do for your beloved son.

I hope if people start taking you seriously,

then you will start yourself, right?

Vladimir.

- Nice to meet you. - Alyona.

Very nice. Mitka, at 11. Don't oversleep.

He has his own keys, right?

Good morning.

Smoke...

I don't remember the details, but it was cool.

And this is for one time only.

Just out of interest:

Why?

- Hello, Dim. - Hello.

And I met Vladimir Ivanovich, your father, today.

Big man. And he doesn’t forget you, I see.

Family is the main thing.

Dmitry Vladimirovich... Here you need to break through: it gets stuck.

Your article was returned from the medical journal again.

Are we sending?

We will fight until the victory.

Well, people, of course!

If Chazov speaks, they themselves will come running for your article.

I would like to talk to you privately.

For what? We have no secrets.

How many sexual partners do you currently have?

One.

Have you had unprotected sex with other women?

No.

- With men? - No.

Do you use drugs intravenously?

No. Why are you asking?

Pierre, you have antibodies to HIV.

Is it AIDS?

You also need to get checked.

This can't be true. It's some kind of mistake.

Unfortunately, we conducted a repeat test.

- Lena, let's go! - Sit down please.

This is a provocation! I will complain to the embassy!

You are now a danger to others! Including for ourselves!

Nonsense. I don't believe him.

Call the police at your place of residence.

They will be killed from the light. It’s already hard for them, such a couple.

Okay, we forgot. Just think, HIV!

Let's hurry up! It all begins there.

Come on, come on.

Catches? Tell me when it will catch.

- Here, yes, stop! - Catches, stop!

Fine.

- No, stop! - I can’t stand like that!

- Yes, my dear cat, let me do it! - AIDS has been raging in America since 1980.

This disease is caused by the Western lifestyle.

Tell me, is there a danger of infection among Soviet people?

Homeless people, drug addicts, prostitutes, homosexuals,

We simply don’t have these categories.

Our way of life has outlived these capitalist vices.

They are prohibited and prosecuted by law.

In the USSR, AIDS simply has nowhere to come from...

There is an opinion that AIDS was invented in Pentagon laboratories.

Idiot!

Army?

Where did you serve?

Near Tambov.

Dad set up a bread slicer in the dining room.

Did that hurt you that much in the bread slicer?

And he promised not to lie.

Well, you said it was for one night. So what now?

Technically it's daytime.

Why AIDS?

Dad arranged it.

- Is it true. - Well…

You won’t do something that won’t hook you.

The stronger the enemy, the faster you develop.

Well, we don’t have any sick people.

Because we don't have AIDS. Because they don't believe in him.

Look what a beautiful country!

250 million population.

And there are only five laboratories that can detect HIV.

Three in Moscow, two in Leningrad. Where does he come from?

After all, as they say,

HIV is a disease of drug addicts, homosexuals...

HIV is transmitted through sex.

Well, imagine!

A young couple.

Dating. They fall in love.

They begin to have a wonderful sleep. They don't need anyone.

They are young, they are happy.

I love you.

Let's go without a condom.

And at this moment...

He infects her with a virus with 100% lethality,

for which there is no cure.

Simply because he doesn't know it's possible.

He simply kills her with his love.

And while everyone is sleeping, the virus is spreading.

Anyone can have it.

At your place…

me too.

You've killed sex for me now.

Oh, are you at the wake? Come on in.

My condolences…

No thanks.

What, everyone agreed, or what?

Hello, Gilana.

Excuse me.

I did everything I could.

I don't know how this happened.

I swear to you that I did everything right.

I'm really sorry. I feel for you.

There's no need to talk here now.

Lie down, sleep.

It will become easier.

Sarana Bairovna, prepare me the data on purulent-septic diseases for the last month.

For what?

Then what I ask of you.

We have seen an increase in purulent-septic diseases over the past month.

Perhaps this is a hospital-acquired infection...

We are regularly checked by the sanitary and epidemiological station,

they would find...

I think they weren't looking for the right thing.

Because Batu...

He has an atypical pattern of leukocytes

and high temperature.

Now the same thing is happening to Badmaeva and many patients...

And for everyone - against the background of a sharp weakening of the immune system.

I read in a foreign magazine...

This is how they describe the symptoms of HIV.

What?

HIV.

Sorry…

Your patient has died.

It's hard. Doubly so because it's a child.

Threefold, because you yourself are still young.

And you are looking for someone to shift the blame to.

It is not your fault.

Marat Temenovich, I’m not as experienced as you, but I’m not hysterical.

I monitor these patients closely.

This is not a typical picture.

This looks like something serious.

And what do you suggest? If serious?

I propose to send Badmaeva's blood samples to Moscow,

at the Research Institute of Epidemiology.

What happens if you turn out to be wrong?

Do not you know?

I'll tell you.

We will be examined under a microscope by endless commissions,

just because you thought there was something there.

Well, we have to take some measures.

Service memo. On my name.

I'll deal.

The total number of people infected with HIV in the world is 15 million.

Just a month ago we could say

that in our country only cases of infection of foreign citizens have been recorded,

then today we know of at least one death

from HIV in the AIDS stage among Soviet citizens.

We tried to trace this woman's contacts,

but couldn't determine...

patient zero.

The deceased had been a carrier of HIV for several years.

But the lack of proper equipment and detection methods

prevented us from determining the main thing.

That the woman was HIV positive.

When the symptoms of those infected are almost always mistaken for other diseases.

And this leads doctors away from making an accurate diagnosis.

As a result - proper treatment.

As a result, the woman infected her ex-husband and child.

This case is probably not unique.

And there are HIV carriers in the USSR...

and AIDS patients.

But there is no method for identifying them.

Therefore we should at least use

diagnostic methods available to us

at this stage.

Sorry, I wanted to clarify.

Do you really think Academician Chazov is an idiot?

Wow! How quickly rumors spread.

Well, you work in a team.

So, for the future... An idiot says what he thinks!

And smart is what is needed in a given situation, given the circumstances.

Understood? Let's go to.

Can you imagine what it cost me for him to even raise this topic?

Mitya, you understand, he did everything he could!

He spoke on television about AIDS throughout the country.

And he convinced everyone that he was not there.

We do not have testing systems,

our doctors and staff ignore recommendations,

continuing to boil syringes because there are no funds.

It's expensive to treat, but it's cheaper to die.

I walk around, trying to somehow get through, and they

They are sleeping, they are doing crossword puzzles, this is in Moscow.

Cast your bread upon the waters,

and after many days he will return to you again.

Dad, let's move from quotes straight to explanations.

You put in a lot of effort.

They'll be back. I will help you.

- Hello! - Hello.

Elizaveta Frolova.

I'm from Leningrad. Dmitry Vladimirovich!

Yes?

We have a patient in oncology

with symptoms similar to those you described.

Fourth floor.

- The elevator is there. - Where is your restaurant?

Further along the corridor and to the right.

Pour some vodka.

Scoop or firmach?

Yes firmach!

Loafers, raincoat.

And most importantly, he knows how to wear it.

Pour some more.

Hello.

Do you need a company?

My name is Masha.

Nice to meet you Masha, I am Dima.

Goodbye.

Dimon!

How did I even end up here?

Do not remember?

- Why did you stay? - You screamed.

It was a pity.

Is this what you're looking for?

Rubber product number two is a Komsomol member’s best friend.

Is it possible without them?

Well, it's more expensive.

Do you know there is such a disease called AIDS?

- Did you hear? - I heard.

Homosexuals in America are sick.

And what?

Not just homosexuals. And not only in America.

You will work without a condom -

You'll just die, that's all.

Would you like me to buy you a cigarette?

- Cigarette? - Yes!

Of course…

American?

Johannesburg.

Thank you. Welcome to Leningrad.

Thank you.

How long have you been sick?

If you are talking about pederasty, then from 13.

No, I'm talking about something else.

Let me see…

It started about three years ago.

- In Thailand. - What were you doing there?

Translator. Four languages. Plus yours.

One night my temperature rose.

Insomnia. Diarrhea…

Continue.

Returned to his native USSR.

Groin rash, lymphocyte count twice normal,

began to treat with butadione.

The rash is gone. But they discovered a tumor

They decided it was typhus.

God punished you!

Why did he put you here, my yakhont, huh?

Then it got worse

as if this all happened...

not enough!

Kaposi's sarcoma. And here I am

in velvet pants.

Have you had unprotected sex with locals in Thailand?

What a great one!

What a great one!

And here?

These people need help.

I was working in the military unit when I returned. Near Murmansk.

There I had affairs with first-year students.

Can you name them?

No, I don't remember the last name.

Yes, I think you will find them anyway.

Chernyshov named 24 names.

Everyone served in your unit and may still be serving.

Do you understand what you're saying? How is your tongue...

Do you understand the seriousness of the situation?

This can't be true, okay?!

Platoon, stop!

The first one was...

Sigh.

The surname is kind of animalistic. Medvedev or Volkov.

Studied at radio school.

Continue.

Who had sexual contact with the translator Chernyshov,

three steps forward!

Do we have blue ones here?

Fags? Perverts?

Captain Artyukhin! Take me to the checkpoint!

- Eat! - Let me at least look at your archive.

No!

Do you understand that someone could become infected? They need help.

But in my opinion, let them die.

They arranged a restructuring-acceleration and climbed out.

I wouldn't even shoot such people.

Waste ammo.

We used to say: “Do you want to live like an ace...”

Go to Kunduz.

I was there.

Fifth Motorized Rifle. 46 medical and sanitary.

101 motorized rifle.

We've got your back.

Why, do you really need it?

Went.

Hello. Dmitry Goncharov, epidemiologist from Moscow.

We need to take your blood.

- Hello. - Great!

And I look - you, not you. Home?

Home, yes. From the shift. Why are you so beautiful?

- Come with us to the dance party. - To the disco!

- Go! - Let's go, let's go!

- Come with us! - Yes, it’s late, I still need to work.

How late? That's it, come on, come on, come on! Work won't run away. Sit down.

- Natasha’s birthday is today! - Is it true?

- Yes! Go! -Where is your gift?

- I didn’t know. - You will be our gift! Come on, sit down!

Kirsan Aldarovich, come with us!

- So, let's move there, guys! Sit down! - Get in.

- Is it really a birthday? - Yes.

See, flowers.

- Well, at least dance, Kirsan Aldarovich. - Another thing!

Zina, can I have a cigarette? Thank you.

Hi Hi.

Shall we have a drink?

Well, you just don’t have to work, right?

I don't dance...

We'll just trample! No need to dance.

Hello.

- Kirsan Aldarovich! - Yes?

You to the phone.

Yes, hello! I'm listening!

Hello!

- Goncharov, Research Institute of Epidemiology. - Yes, yes, I’m listening.

You sent blood samples from Aisa Badmaeva.

She tested positive for HIV.

To be sure, we need to re-analyze.

I ask you to send samples as quickly as possible.

And it will also be necessary to take tests from her parents.

And it is possible that other children are infected with HIV.