Degree of Risk

[1] The film tells about the doctor Sedov, who is forced to make a difficult decision about heart surgery of the famous mathematician.

[2] A renowned surgeon, Mikhail Ivanovich Sedov, decides to perform a critical heart valve replacement surgery after re-evaluating a long-time patient.

Following a thorough discussion with his colleagues, the team makes the crucial decision to proceed without delay and begins preparing the patient for surgery.

After the operation, the surgical team endures a sleepless night, fighting to save the life of the patient, who has suffered significant blood loss.

At dawn, seeing that the now-conscious Sasha is out of danger, the exhausted doctor heads home, taking a moment to reassure the patient’s wife, who has stayed awake throughout the ordeal.