Always Nearby. Frankly About Life and Surgery

The first and only memoirs of Leonid Roshal, the World Children's Doctor, president of the Research Institute of Pediatric Emergency Surgery and Traumatology. Sincere memories of parents, the failed exams in military school against the wishes of his father. About... the first teachers in surgery, about why everything that happens is for the best. About being assigned as a pediatrician in a clinic and a love for boiling water. About conquering Elbrus, attitude towards big sports, about creating a volunteer brigade of doctors for the selfless rescue of children affected by earthquakes around the world – from Armenia to Japan. About desperate help to hostages in Beslan and offering himself in exchange for children, about work to rescue victims during the Nord-Ost hostage crisis at the Dubrovka Theatre. About uncomfortable questions to health ministers and about steadfastness in defending the right to free medicine, about love for classical art, about friendship, anecdotes, and pranks with Pakhmutova, Kobzon, and other greats. About boundless friendship and love – for family, life, and children.