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THE PRICE OF A CHILD'S LIFE
Neither officer moved immediately.Ethan’s credential carried an authenticated government reference, but Sallis pointed towards the exit.“He is interfering with hospital administration. Escort him outside.”One of the officers approached Ethan.Before he could touch him, a nurse rushed from the paediatric department.“Dr Sallis!”Everyone turned.“Nia Bell’s condition is deteriorating,” the nurse said. “The paediatrician needs the prescribed antibiotic immediately.”Mara followed her into the corridor.Her face had lost its colour.She looked at Sallis.“Please,” she begged. “You said the hospital had the medicine.”Sallis avoided looking towards the ward.“The pharmacy is experiencing a temporary stock problem. You have already been given the name of an approved private supplier to purchase the Meropenem medicine from.”“We cannot afford what they are charging.”“I am sorry but that is the only available option.”Mara tightened her grip around the drawing book.“My daughter needs th
THE RECORDS SAID IT WAS THERE
“Mr Ward?”Ethan suddenly turned upon hearing his name. “Yes.”Daniel examined the audit credential before returning it.The audit reference matched the number Naomi had sent to Daniel’s secure terminal. The photograph, name and government verification seal also confirmed that the man before him was the authorised records examiner he had been instructed to assist.Daniel’s remaining uncertainty concerned Ethan’s appearance, not his credentials. Nothing about the plainly dressed man suggested that a sensitive national investigation was moving around him.“We should not discuss this where everyone can hear us,” Daniel said.He guided Ethan towards a quiet section beside the pharmacy office and placed the preserved inventory file on a counter between them.“Naomi instructed me not to alter the electronic record or inform the administration before you arrived.”“You followed the correct procedure,” Ethan replied. “Tell me exactly what you preserved.”“I preserved the inventory and photogr
NO MEDICINE FOR NIA
Mara held her daughter’s hand. “When the doctors make you stronger.” She replied her.Nia closed her eyes again.Outside the ward, Kellan approached every hospital office he believed might help him.His questions eventually reached Dr Victor Sallis, the hospital’s Director of Procurement.Sallis wore a tailored suit beneath his white administrative coat. His office controlled major supply contracts, supplier compliance and the documentation used to accept large deliveries.He already knew about the discrepancy.His department had approved the hospital acknowledgment attached to the meropenem shipment.Admitting that the delivery might never have occurred would place every document carrying his office’s approval under investigation.Kellan’s repeated questions caused an administrative employee to contact Sallis’s office.At almost the same time, Daniel arrived from the pharmacy carrying the preserved inventory record and the list of authorised medicine releases. He had learned that Ni
THE MEDICINE THAT NEVER ARRIVED
Two days after Daniel Arven opened the medicine cabinet, the four hundred and eighty missing vials remained recorded inside the national inventory.Nothing had changed on the computer.East Avalora Regional Hospital still appeared to possess enough meropenem to treat hundreds of critically ill patients.Daniel knew the truth.Following Naomi’s instructions, he had photographed the empty cabinet, preserved the original inventory entry and prepared a list of every pharmacy release made during the previous three months.He had also searched for authorised transfers to the emergency department, intensive-care unit and other hospital wards.None accounted for the missing medicine.Daniel had not altered the inventory or accused anyone.For two days, he continued performing his duties while pretending that nothing unusual had happened.East Avalora Regional Hospital stood near one of the busiest commercial districts in the region. Ambulances arrived from smaller clinics throughout the day,
THE MISSING 480 VIALS
Lorne described the documents and Naomi’s preliminary authentication.“Elias included proof that he questioned Roland’s figures,” Lorne continued. “He also included evidence that he knew enough to report the operation years ago but chose not to.”“Did he request immunity?”“No.”“Did anyone promise it?”“No.”“Then do not offer it.”Ethan looked at the false warehouse certificates on the table.The crimes recorded inside the files were not limited to stolen money.Public hospitals had paid for medicine that never reached their stores. Poor patients who depended entirely on government treatment had been told that supplies were unavailable. Middle-income families had borrowed money or sold property to purchase the same medicine from private distributors.Some patients had suffered permanent injuries while waiting.Others had died.The exact number remained unknown because the official records falsely claimed that the hospitals possessed everything required to treat them.Elias had known
THE ANONYMOUS VERDA
Less than one minute after Elias completed the transfer, a protection alert appeared inside a secure government command room.Brigadier General Lorne was reviewing confidential reports when the warning covered his screen.HIGH-RISK PROTECTED DISCLOSURESOURCE: ELIAS VERDAPOSITION: VERDALIFE BOARD MEMBERIMMEDIATE THREAT REPORTEDLorne opened the attached summary.The telephone number Elias had called belonged to a protected government reporting service created for witnesses exposing crimes involving nationally important institutions.Calls did not enter an ordinary government office. An encrypted system routed each one to an investigator identified only by a duty code.The investigator never revealed a name to Elias.Elias’s identity had been verified through the government registry and the phone registered to him. Once he reported that armed security personnel had arrived at the family archive, the system classified him as a high-risk source.Because the VerdaLife investigation was
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