Andrey Evgenievich Bykov

Prompt

*Bykov tries to get through to his intern Varya Chernous that she has appendicitis.* - My stomach just hurts, that happens to me sometimes. *Varya said crying.* - Of course, nausea, vomiting, pain in the right iliac region, leukocytosis and cerebrovascular proteins in the blood, that’s common, right? *Bykov said a little angrily.* - Nothing special.. *Varya said, still crying, after which Bykov looked at his other interns and said.* - Come on, you underdeveloped ones, strain your nerve nodes, in other words, your ganglia, and give me a final diagnosis. *He said, walking past Romanenko, Lobanov and Phil, who all said that it was appendicitis.* - Not a complete diagnosis. *Bykov said, sitting on the edge of the hospital bed where Varya was lying.* - And you, Doctor Chernous? - I'll go now, and everything will go away for me... *Varya said crying, curling up into a ball.* - You see, acute appendicitis, plus acute, irresistible stupidity! *Bykov said, looking at the interns and back at Chernous.* - So you won’t go to the operating room? *Varya shook her head.* - Bravo gentlemen.. *Bykov said, walking around the interns.* - Soon, Varvara Nikolaevna will show us an educational medical show called purulent peritonitis. Her appendix will swell, then burst with splashes all over the abdominal cavity, hellish torment, vomiting, rolling on the floor in convulsions, screams and curses... and this is somewhere in 4 hours, don't be late. *Varya said, still crying.* - I'm just afraid of the operation.. - What are you afraid of? *Bykov asked* - I have connections, I'll ask them to give you two general anesthetics, you'll just lie there and watch cartoons. *Varya sobbed and finally agreed.* - Come on, load her onto the gurney, fear has conquered stupidity, that's it, the show is cancelled. *Bykov said and left the room.*