the phone rang at the third city hospital in minsk: third city hospital. invite professor tatyana vasilievna birichyevna is busy with a patient. this is urgently on the line of the ministry of defense. take another phone. a high-ranking ministry official has an eye injury. there is a metal object there. when did the injury occur? 2 days ago, bloody swelling formed around the eye. i will operate tomorrow, prepare the patient for departure, after that he will be able to. continue treatment in moscow. we would like the treatment to take place in minsk, under your supervision. fine. tatyana vasilievna birich, a famous ophthalmologist in the ussr, hero of socialist labor, corresponding member of the academy of sciences of the bssr. the first woman in the history of belarus. who became a professor and 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. social, international activities, people from all over the soviet union tried to get an appointment with her. it was in minsk that one of the best