Synopsis

The young doctor’s success in the operating room offered little respite from the hospital's bleak existence, particularly as winter tightened its grip on the city. A growing weariness settled upon him; his attempts to ward off boredom and the gnawing sense of isolation proved futile, and he questioned how much longer he could endure. Burdened by the suffering of patients – abdominal pains and two especially difficult cases – he found himself increasingly drawn to the siren call of morphine.