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The price of life.

Episode one.

Good afternoon, Ilya Petrovich.

- Thank you, Volodya. - Are you sure today is a good day?

Yes, you're right.

Were you beaten during the arrest?

- Did doctors examine you? - I am a doctor.

But in this case, independent expertise is needed.

Do they still exist? Why are you here?

I'd like to offer my services.

Do you really think I need your services?

I understand your frustration, Ilya Petrovich,

and I admit that it was wrong when I refused to take your case.

But let's discuss it some other time.

Your case looks a lot more serious now.

- That gun wasn't mine. - But you paid for it.

I gave my money for another favor.

That's what we're going to tell the court.

Don't worry,

you have extenuating circumstances,

and the Prosecutor's office has only a gun.

And if they want to play dirty,

we'll show that they get more dirty.

So let's start from the beginning.

Hello!

F***.

And so the abdominal aorta eventually splits

into a femoral artery and a deep hip artery.

Ilya Petrovich, excuse me,

I'm a bit late. May I come in?

You've already came in.

Sit down. No, I'm not talking about you.

You're late for the fourth time,

and the rest of your group somehow manage to follow the rules.

Tell us, what does the diagnosis begin with?

Diagnosis begins with the detection of abnormalities.

Yeah, you should understand the difference between health and pathology.

What's the conclusion? Who's crazy, you or they?

- Can I sit down? - I don't know, ask your body.

- Is it hard for you to stand? - Yeah, I broke my heel.

So what made you decide not to change your shoes?

You were late

because you were up all night preparing for my class, weren't you?

Well, then tell us an immune system factor

with a lymphocytic origin.

It's okay. Wait.

Now breathe. Good girl!

- So? - Antibodies and...

akinoes?

The prefix -zita is lost somewhere,

it must have fallen off with your heel.

Why don't you think about another job?

I'm sure you only wanted to be a doctor

because someone said you looked good in white.

Well, cooks wear white suits, too.

No, you have to learn a lot by heart.

Sit down.

Okay, class is over for today.

Next time, we'll go through

the lympho levels again, and then we'll go on to the end of the chapter.

How you feeling?

- What are you doing here? - This is my husband.

- Well, well. - Are you a doctor?

- Yes, I'm. - He's a doctor, PhD.

He teaches students at the medical academy.

- Are you sure you don't need me there? - Yes, I am.

I'll be embarrassed with you.

Okay.

Have you found Yura?

I can't reach him. I was told he was away on a hunting trip.

Who is going to deliver a baby?

Dr. Antipin.

Alright, just be two ticks.

You need to breathe.

In and out.

Okay, keep breathing. Good girl.

Good afternoon!

Dr. Antipin, Head of department.

How do you feel?

Fetal heart rate has increased.

- How often are the contractions? - Every five minutes.

Everything is fine. We'll get the delivery room ready.

You can stay here.

Tell me, tell me it's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay.

Well, let's go.

Did Shagina give birth?

No, she didn't. Don't worry.

Let's wait then.

- What's the horrible sound? - New X-ray machine is installing.

Okay.

Bring it up to the second floor.

So, did you get it?

Yeah, we've been waiting for it.

- Is everything fine with Shagina? - Please be patient.

- My congratulations, daddy! - Yeah?

It's a boy. Everything is all right.

- Thank you. - He weights 3,200 kilos and feels great.

- Take the champagne. - Thanks. Don't worry.

- Just go home. - This is a bag for my wife.

- She doesn't need anything. - Tomorrow?

- Yeah, but don't come until 10:00 a.m. - Okay.

- Are you sure you don't need me there? - Yes, I am.

Everything is fine.

Tell me, tell me it's gonna be okay.

Look, I'm going inside. I'm a doctor, okay?

So what if you're a doctor? It's not allowed.

- Call them one more time. - I've just called.

Her labor is progressing. Don't worry.

It's gonna be okay.

Of course it is.

Gena, open the door.

There's nothing we can do to help your wife.

We did everything we could.

Believe me.

- Wait, you can't go there! - Get out!

- I said get out! - Hold on, it's okay. Thank you.

Your wife started hemorrhaging.

We put her under to stitch the vessels.

She didn't wake up. But we saved a girl.

She weights 2,800 kilos and feels good.

But you can't see her now.

- Can I help you with knives and forks? - Yeah.

- Accept my condolences. - Thanks.

Ilya.

Ilya, I'm sorry I didn't help with the birth.

I didn't think it would be premature.

I wouldn't have left if I knew you needed me.

Don't blame yourself, but tell me why

there's no doctor's signature on these papers. He's the one who operated.

They gave her CPR.

But there is the signature of the anesthesiologist Levchenko.

Tatiana had bruises on her face,

and most likely a broken nose,

but there's no record of this in the birth history.

At what moment did it happen? Who's the one to blame?

They might hadn't been able to resuscitate her because of a nasal obstruction,

but if surgery occurred, why they didn't write anything about it.

Antipin won't respond to my calls.

- Find me that Levchenko and the midwife. - Okay.

- At least anyone. - The baby is sleeping. Let's eat.

- I can give you the nurse's address. - Okay.

But she refused to talk to me about it.

- Good afternoon, Rimma! - Hello!

Do you remember my wife, Tatiana Shagina?

She died giving a birth to our daughter.

- Excuse me. - You assisted in the surgery.

I'll be here until you tell me

why my wife had a broken nose.

Hey? Who hit her?

What happened?

Listen, why are you yelling?

Well, you have a double door,

and none of you want to talk on the phone. What should I do?

No one hit your wife.

She was anesthetized and asked

to lie down for a while, but she tried to go.

Really? And where did she go?

I don't know, maybe she wanted to see you.

You see, the thing is, when she walked down the hall,

she slipped and hit herself.

We immediately tried to stop the bleeding.

And when the blood stopped,

we started delivering the baby. You're a doctor!

You have to understand that with epidural,

it's very difficult to control the legs.

Why is there no record of this?

I don't know,

because I don't have a birth history.

Well, maybe

Antipin didn't consider the nose injury

to be the cause of the pathology.

That's all I know.

Can I go?

- Good afternoon. - Hello, Vasily Andreevich!

Hello, Ilya!

I haven't seen much of you lately.

Are you inventing a new sensation?

No time, I gave my research to Tolya.

He really wants to take his PhD.

You became a professor in 35 years, and that's it?

I'm worried about other things right now. Vasily Andreevich, I have to leave today.

Anatoly can teach in two groups, okay?

You've done it before

- without my consent. - Yeah.

- What's this one? - I just don't know

how long the hearings will last.

I might have to leave a few more times.

You know, I lost my wife, too.

So I understand you.

- Okay. See you. - Thanks.

Hello, tell me, is Shagina's hearing in this room?

Yeah, the hearing was here. But it's over.

What? I came in early.

- And who are you? - Ilya Shagin.

Oh, a widower. Were you invited?

Well, I wasn't expecting an invitation.

I need to get answers. Have you found the guilty one?

There are no guilty parties in your case.

It happens sometimes, the human body is not...

You know, don't lecture me about the human body.

When your case report is ready, you'll get it.

Wait, I don't understand.

The hearing is set for today at 12:00. I came in early.

We've pushed the hearing to 11:30.

- But it's 11:43. - So what?

What do you mean, you did it in 15 minutes?

I've only read the birth history for half an hour. Wait!

Tests, examination, autopsy results,

how did you do that in 15 minutes, huh?

Excuse me, I don't owe you any explanations.

Really? But I think you do.

My wife wasn't hit by a bus or lightning.

She died on the operating table.

If you're okay with Dr. Antipov's version, I'm not.

You can always request a second examination,

that's your right. Now let me go.

Please.

Ilya Petrovich, you did it to yourself.

Really? So, how is it?

The prosecution has a list of witnesses

against you.

- Yeah? Who are they? - There are six different people.

Are you going to tell me how it happened?

There're even some students.

One of them is Anton Girgizaev.

He wrote such horrible things about you.

What did you do to him, Ilya Petrovich?

Ilya Petrovich, I'm sorry.

You didn't let me pass the test last time. Can I do it now?

- Have you learned everything? - Maybe.

If you want to be a doctor,

put that word out of your mind. Sit down.

What's the normal hemoglobin for a man?

136-172.

What are the normal white blood cells?

4,300-10,800.

If a pregnant woman has chorionic gonadotropin,

her test will be positive or negative?

Negative.

In this case, my answer is negative, too.

Ilya Petrovich, there was only one question I didn't answer. Ask me more.

And when you start treating the sick, will you choose too?

This one has dandruff, so it's okay. But this one has something I don't know.

So let someone else treat it?

You're overreacting.

No, I'm talking about your future.

If you want a good mark, don't skip the pages.

- It's impossible to learn everything. - It's just a drop in the bucket

of information you'll have to learn.

Unless you're thinking of being a doctor.

Of course, you have extenuating circumstances,

the death of your wife.

And we can use it.

Why are you here? We agreed to meet at my place.

I can't wait till tonight. Come on, show me.

Well, why is there no mention

of a broken septum, huh?

Maybe none of this happened?

I saw her face. Her nose was broken.

I need her X-ray.

It says here that it was done.

I've already overstepped my bounds.

Do you have any idea how many people I had to convince to get these copies?

That image is the most important thing. I can't just let it go, okay?

If they killed her, I couldn't just let it go.

Ilya,

why do you think so?

Tanya could have tripped, as the nurse says.

Well, sometimes the legs are trembling

- with epidural. - Come on!

I was with her until they took her to the delivery room, Yura!

You're the one who said you went outside the hospital, right?

Maybe that's when Tanya came?

They're hiding something from me.

Yeah, they're hiding something. I need to know what.

Listen, the time of death is 8:20.

Antipin came to me at 9:00.

What was he doing for 40 minutes?

A lot of different things. Maybe he was delivering a baby,

washing up, changing his clothes.

Maybe he was summoning up the courage.

Do you think it's easy to talk about death?

Maybe I'm obsessed with it?

No, we need to pull up

the whole history of childbirth that day,

find out which ones Antipin was involved in.

And maybe there were some similar injuries, huh?

I can tell you right now, no, there weren't.

Will you get me the X-ray?

Ilya,

I'm a doctor, not a private investigator.

Wait for the results of the committee. People there are no dumper than us.

Okay, I got it.

- Are you looking for me? - Yeah, if you're Sergey Mironenko.

Is something broken?

I thought you could tell me.

You used to work at the hospital where my wife died.

So you're the one who made all the fuss?

What kind of fuss?

We usually order the building materials through the head office.

I go there with the invoice,

they go to the head doctor, and he signs the paper.

And this time we bought everything in a flash.

Cement, paint, even a new ladder.

It was night when I got there.

I don't know where they found all these things.

What were you supposed to repair?

The ceiling above the delivery room.

The administration has decided

to do a CT scan room on the floor above.

They put all the equipment in the room,

and started establishing it.

I told them

that a floor mightn't be able to withstand the strain.

So I'd recommend to set it up on the ground floor,

but no one listened to me.

There was a woman giving a birth downstairs.

That's when it snapped.

I don't understand.

The quartz lamp snapped.

Did it fall down?

Yes, it did.

The blood was already wiped when I got there.

I didn't know what happened.

So I put the lamp back

and fixed it.

And when did you realize something was wrong?

When Antipin brought the money.

I said, "Come on, that's my job."

And he said, "No one can know about this job."

I refused, filled out an application and quit.

I don't need that kind of money.

Can you stand up in court?

No one would believe me.

There's no record of that repair.

They'll say I'm lying about everything.

The CT scan was set on the ground floor,

as I suggested.

Well, you can write it all down, please.

You're my last hope for justice.

No, I can't.

- Who is there? - It's me.

Why are you so late? I missed the train because of you.

Well, you can stay here tonight.

And you can start with an apology.

I'm really sorry.

I had to go to the hospital to see someone.

Come, come to your daddy.

My sweet girl.

Let's eat this apple.

Oh, that's a good apple.

Yeah, come on, bite it.

One man wants me to live in Canada.

- Really? - And marry him.

Marry him?

Who is this man?

Come on, bite it, sweetie.

Dmitry. Do you remember when I told you about him?

No, I don't. Dmitry.

- Wow. - He has his own company.

Okay, I remember now.

Take a bite, Nastya. You need to eat.

What do you think about it?

Vera, can you feed her? You're doing it better.

Come on, my girl. Take her.

- Should I go? - Of course you should go. Why not?

Will you feed me?

Wash your hands.

Yeah, I have to wash my hands.

And buy a new shirt.

Okay, I'll buy a new shirt.

Well, let's do it.

I told you her nose was broken. Did you see the picture?

Ilya,

the second commission found no evidence of doctors' guilt.

They looked through her patient files, and it turned out

that Tatiana was complaining of pain to gynecologist before and during pregnancy.

Her illness could have caused complications.

She didn't have an illness, Yura. You examined her yourself.

I've only seen her for the last two weeks.

Before that, she went to the hospital.

I've seen all these records. They backdated them.

Tatiana went there only three times. Just to do an ultrasound.

I'll tell you something else.

I saw the man

who was doing some repairs

in the hospital that day,

right above the delivery room.

Well, he said the lamp collapsed

during the childbirth.

The baby's trying to sleep. Keep your voice down, okay?

You're telling me that the lamp fell down on Tanya?

Listen, if it was an accident,

why would Antipin hide it?

Why is he hiding everything?

Why did they forge her patient files?

Yeah, those files are fake,

and there's no record of a broken nose.

You stole this picture.

You need more proof?

My mum is waiting for me.

I might catch a ride.

- Well, it's too late. - Okay, give my regards to her.

Look, Ilya,

maybe Tanya was just,

you know, embarrassed to say something was bothering her?

She just wanted to seem cheerful.

Yura, don't be an idiot.

I'm going to court.

See you.

Daddy's here. It's okay, darling.

It's too late. Stay here tonight, okay?

What's wrong, my baby?

VANILLA SKY CAFE

- Hello. - Hello, Ilya Petrovich. Take a seat.

Yeah, it's a sad story. I'm genuinely sorry for you.

But if doctors admit their mistakes, they don't want to fix them.

The level of their qualifications is so low.

But the good news is

our opponents want to bury the case

and pay off the lawsuit.

It's not about money.

What do you mean?

I don't understand.

If it's not about money, what is it about?

Wait, Ilya Petrovich, in my experience,

even with ten lawsuits a year,

it's still more economical

for the head doctor to pay us

than to establish legal institutions in a hospital.

Listen to me.

I don't want money, I want to find and punish the guilty.

If that Antipin continues to heal

and cover up this mess,

other people

could get hurt. Do you understand?

Yes, I do.

I couldn't agree with you more.

You know what? I'll introduce you to my assistant.

Innokenty Gagarin. He's a young, ambitious counsel.

No, he's not related to that Gagarin,

but I'm sure he'll fly high, too.

Your case is not very difficult.

So you can handle it.

Trust me. Sorry.

Hello, have you brought the documents?

Ilya Petrovich, don't worry.

Trust me, everything will be fine.

Take a seat, please.

Don't worry about anything.

Ladies first.

- How are you? - I'm fine.

That's great.

You should have agreed to a compensation.

Antipin should have been judged, right?

- No, you couldn't do that. - How do you know what happened?

Counsel, what's going on?

I just need a second.

We heard a lot about how the hospital staff

worked together, but still nothing

about the broken septum.

I want to know if there was a problem with the nasal respiration.

Your client won't deny

that this fracture is new, right?

No, he won't.

Your Honor, I'm just a lawyer, I'm not a radiologist,

but I think even a child can see that there's a fracture in this picture.

The question is whose picture is it? It's not clear.

There's a date on it.

Dear colleague, seriously,

this is just a paper with something written on it.

I have another question.

I want to know where the picture came from.

It's not registered in the birth history book

or in the patient files.

Yeah, the references to it are gone, too.

I got this picture through my channels.

Ilya Petrovich, dear, you're an adult.

I don't think it's serious. Some kind of channels.

This could be considered by the court

- as a fraud. - Counsel!

I'm the one who determines the validity of the evidence presented here.

Excuse me.

For our part, we would like to show

the distinguished judge

the feedback of those women,

who were patients of Dr. Antipin

and had the same pathology

as Ilya Petrovich's wife.

My wife had no pathology.

The pregnancy was healthy.

Plaintiff, don't interrupt the defendant's counsel.

Ilya Petrovich, I'm terribly sorry about the reason you're here,

but the medical reports say

the opposite.

Now, going back to the list,

there are 32 women

who gave birth to healthy children

and had the same pathology.

You ask, have there been any deaths

in Dr. Antipin's hospital?

Yes, there have been some.

Medicine is sometimes powerless.

Doctor is not a God. But!

If we compares these figures

in Dr. Antipin's hospital, we'll see

that they're

incomparably lower

than the figures for the whole country.

Thank you, I'm done.

Counsel, the court cannot admit

this picture as evidence.

Did you lose the trial?

It's not over yet.

Yeah, he found 32 women.

Does that give him the right to kill the 33rd?

Well, I think Shagin won't stop,

and we'll have to give him some money.

He won't take the money.

Vergizaev, his student, got up with me.

- Do you know him? - No, I don't.

Well, he has an idea

how to finish this story.

- And what does he want in return? - Of course he wants money.

Okay.

Do what you got to do.

Tomorrow's Thursday.

I need a new lawyer. This one is an idiot.

I'm saying tomorrow's Thursday.

- What are you talking about? - I'm going to Canada

tomorrow.

When are you coming back?

I don't know, I have a job there.

Maybe when I get a vacation. Maybe in a year.

Who's gonna take care of Nastya?

- Vera, you should have warned me! - Don't shout.

I told you, but you wouldn't listen to me.

Why don't you stay?

We always thought you were part of the family.

Part of the family.

I don't want to be part of the family.

I want my family,

my husband,

my children.

I just can't take it anymore, I'm sorry.

Shhhh, my girl.

It's been five minutes.

Two more minutes, and the rat's brain will die forever.

I'm doing the right thing.

- Why isn't it coming alive? - Don't look so gloomy. Think!

What could have shocked it?

- Could it be an allergic reaction? - Are you asking or telling me?

- I'm telling you. - Okay. What else?

Obstruction of pulmonary ventilation could cause

bronchospasm or partial laryngospasm.

You listed the consequences, but I heard nothing about the cause of the shock.

You have one minute left.

DIC?

Yeah, kill me like the rat.

Make up your mind! Prove you're smarter than this rat.

I can't remember things and save lives at the same time.

Then you have nothing to do in medicine.

But she listed everything.

Except the main one. Time's up. You killed the patient.

It died for nothing,

because you didn't understand that the cause of the shock was...

- It hurts! - Yeah, exactly. Pain triggers shock.

Pain is the reason we're alive.

If it hurts, we feel it.

In order to survive, the body must learn to react.

Pain makes us act.

If you've forgotten about it

or don't understand what it's like when someone else is in pain,

you're wasting my time. Who's next?

- Can I try? - Okay.

Sorry I'm late.

- Did you bring money? - Yes, I did.

Here is the amount we agreed upon.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Take this.

- What is that? - That's what you asked.

I didn't ask for anything.

Why did you give it to me?

Police! Don't move.

Come on, guys. Wait!

Yeah, your idea about that cemetery wasn't the best.

What are we going to do?

Do you admit that you gave Kornilov an envelope full of cash?

- Yes, I do. - Did you know about his conviction?

- No, we didn't talk much. - Tell us,

where and under what circumstances did you meet him?

It was in the cemetery, he was digging holes.

- What were you doing there? - What do people do in a cemetery?

- I was at my wife's grave. - So what did you need Kornilov for?

He was supposed to help me get the body.

Would you repeat that, please?

My wife was murdered by doctors,

and I needed proof.

The papers and the picture didn't convince the court.

So I wanted to conduct exhumation and determine the true cause of death.

And you think Dr. Antipin is responsible for your wife's death, right?

- Do you recognize this man? - This is Antipin.

Do you admit that you gave this photo to Kornilov?

I only gave him the money.

But there was also this photo in the envelope,

and it had your fingerprints.

Forensics confirmed it.

Nonsense. Why would I give him this photo?

When you found out about Cornilov's criminal background,

you decided to give him a kind of job.

I asked him to dig the grave. That's all I wanted.

Did you have permission to exhume the body?

- I was hoping to get it after. - After Antipin's murder?

- I didn't mean to kill him. - But you wanted revenge.

Well,

let's talk about something else.

Do you remember the day your wife died?

- Tell me it's gonna be okay. - It's gonna be okay.

I didn't mean to kill him.

I'm interested in what you did that day.

There's nothing we can do to help your wife.

We did everything we could. Believe me.

Do you remember that you broke into the delivery room,

attacked the doctor

and demanded a response to the question?

Then you asked a friend to steal

the papers from the hospital.

What were you hoping to accomplish?

Do you remember what happened after that?

Well, let's go.

You haven't answered any of my questions.

You wanted Antipin dead.

I wanted justice. If he was guilty, yeah,

I wouldn't be too upset by his death.

- Does counsel have a question? - No, Your Honor.

I'm done.

We're collecting signatures for Shagin's defense.

- What do you want from me? - Will you sign the paper?

- No, I won't. - Say it aloud, so that everyone can hear.

I won't sign this paper.

Well, I'm sorry I don't have the herd instinct.

But if we do nothing, Shagin will be sent to prison.

One might think that it would make a difference.

- Then sign it, too. - I won't sign it. I told you twice.

Are you afraid of getting your life dirty?

Take care of your life, Zhora!

Why are you staring at me?

What did this Shagin do to you?

Raise your hand, who he has never offended.

Studying is one thing, and when a man is locked up

for nothing, that's another. Sign the paper.

Go to h*** all of you.

Take off your jacket.

And the belt.

Go to the wall.

Put your hands on it.

Seven years is a mild sentence.

You could get 15 years.

I'll be preparing an appeal soon,

and I'll get probation.

Turn around.

Go on ahead.

Go there.

Stop here.

Don't worry, I'll be preparing an appeal.