All provincial doctors set themselves the task of getting at least a little rich and living with dignity. The environment of the main character Turchin is intellectually boring: drinking sessions in departments with conversations about “nothing”, a young woman surgeon who does not hide her sympathies for him, rare visits from his friend Shastin. Each of the heroes strives for their own vision of a happy life, but money comes first. And when a doctor is once offered to perform an euthanasia procedure for good money, he agrees...