The English Surgeon (2007)

Directors

Geoffrey Smith

Cast

Henry Marsh

The story

The film was shot in a Ukrainian hospital full of desperate patients and makeshift equipment, but it is not a medical film—it is about Henry Marsh, his partnership with Ukrainian colleague Igor Petrovich Kurilets, and their struggle with moral, ethical and professional issues. Marsh is an English specialist neurosurgeon who operates on the brain using only local anaesthetic so that patients remain conscious and can provide feedback during the procedure. Marsh emphasises how hospital environment and design affect patient outcomes, and how having only single rooms in hospitals reduces infection and allows patients to have peace, rest, and…

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