The public health review chamber had one long table for evidence and two rows of benches for observers. Physician Lian placed the independent test result beside the sealed sample record. The second lab had confirmed the Pale River crate carried a concentration above its label.
Ning arranged three patient records at the end of the table. She kept them separate from the new shipment. Those records showed prescriptions from earlier batches; the crate under review had not reached a worker.
Ruo laid the shipment routes beside the delivery slips. The Registry stamp appeared on each, but the dates and destination names differed. Gu put Luo’s signed statement beside the unsigned amendment. Clerk Zhen sat at the table to explain the contract record.
A hospital administrator asked why the clinic had stopped the shipment before any patient received it. “If no one has taken this batch, we can destroy it and close the matter.”
Ning looked at the sealed crate report. “We stopped this crate. We have not answered why the formula changed, whether earlier batches matched their labels, or whether patients received the safer preparation they were promised.”
“Those are separate questions.”
“Yes,” Ning said. “The records should stay separate until we can answer each one.”
