tatyana vasilievna birich, tatyana vasilievna is busy with a patient, this is urgently on the line ofense. take another phone, a high-ranking employee of the ministry has an eye injury, there is a metal object there. when did the injury occur? 2 days ago, a bloody swelling formed around the eye. i will operate tomorrow, prepare the patient for departure, after which he will be able to continue treatment in moscow. we would like the treatment took place in minsk, under your control. fine. tatyana vasilievna birich, known in the ussr as an autothalmologist, hero of socialist labor, corresponding member of the academy of sciences of the bssr. the first woman in the history of belarus to become a professor, doctor of medical sciences in the distant pre-war years. honorary titles, awards, position of deputy chairman of the supreme council of the bssr in the sixties. people from all over the soviet union tried to get an appointment with her. it was in minsk that one of the best ophthalmologists in the country worked. but on throughout her long life, tatyana vasilievna often asked herself th