Maxim Skorobogatov, an official of the Ministry of Health goes on a business trip to the provincial town of Zoryansk on the instructions of the minister. He must disband the local hospital, in place of which it is planned to create a modern medical center. However, upon arrival the man's chronic gastritis worsens and he finds himself in the very hospital he is to close. To his surprise, it turns out that life here is booming, the doctors, despite the total lack of the most necessary things, courageously fight for each patient. The building is located next to a mineral spring, the water of which is considered curative. The therapist Olga Mateshko recommends Maksim to take a drinking course - and he really gets better. The young official develops a liking for the girl. In addition, it turns out that the head doctor of the hospital - Modest Ivanovich Karpilovsky - is Maxim's former teacher. He realizes that the hospital is to be destroyed, its staff is to be thrown out on the street, and an elite sanatorium for the chosen ones is to be built near the source. It becomes clear to Maxim himself that the mayor of Zoryansk is pursuing his own goals. The capital's official becomes a real threat to local corrupt officials...
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