Salvation

A biology professor Adam after several dizzy spells enters a hospital for observation He is a loner and a seriousminded man who dislikes any display of emotions He spends three months in the hospital while being tested After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance he learns that he will need a kidney transplant Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart he refuses his wifes offer to donate the kidney for him the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant