About two decades - such is the length of service of the author of this book in the medical service of the "uranium" military construction units of the Ministry of Medium Engineering of the USSR. His career path is from the head of the regiment's medical service to the head of a military hospital, from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel, from an ordinary surgeon to a candidate of medical sciences. The story of a Tatar boy who, by the will of fate, became a military surgeon, resulted in a large-scale story about military doctors who were directly involved in preserving the health of military builders, officers and members of their families in the secret ministry...