University Doctor and His Fragile Patients-Chapter 430 - 355: Men Die for Wealth, Birds Die for Food!
Secretary Lu is such a smart person.
The expression on Chen Mu’s face had just begun to show some subtle changes.
Secretary Lu curved his lips slightly: "Here’s the situation: long before Hai City University and Hai City University of Traditional Medicine jointly reported it, earlier this morning, other victims had already called the police."
Chen Mu frowned, "Hmm?"
Other victims reported it to the police.
Hearing these words made Chen Mu instinctively feel that things might be going bad.
Based on what he had seen and heard from his previous work in the hospital.
In food safety incidents like this, the responsibility obviously lies with the sellers.
If customers discover issues on-site, disputes can very possibly escalate into police reports.
It’s just that...
In popular restaurants like this, especially when there are many guests present.
Store owners are usually afraid of customers blowing things out of proportion, affecting their business.
They usually try settling with money or through negotiation.
That means.
It generally doesn’t escalate to the point of calling the police.
But in the early hours, someone did call the police.
There is a high chance it signifies a bad situation.
A customer ate Pomacea canaliculata and had an issue.
After going to the hospital, finding out they mistakenly ate Pomacea canaliculata, chose to call the police.
As if to validate Chen Mu’s guess.
After glancing at Chen Mu, Secretary Lu spoke calmly: "Early this morning, someone ended up in the hospital because of Pomacea canaliculata, traced potential parasitic foods from recent times, and found this restaurant."
"This patient was also influenced by online posts to try out the popular spot, so they took a photo before eating Pomacea canaliculata, which served as evidence."
"Subsequently, when the police arrived at the site where Pomacea canaliculata was sold and stepped in for investigation, the shop was still selling them, catching them red-handed."
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"It’s good they were caught; I was always afraid this person would successfully slip away."
"When Secretary Lu explained, why did he glance in the direction of the comments, was he afraid of netizens misunderstanding?"
"Always lurking online, don’t you already know what netizens are like? If the explanation is slower, it would make headlines again late into the night."
"I’m just waiting here; I want to know why this seller is selling Pomacea canaliculata."
"Such explanations should be found under police bulletins; Hai City University doesn’t need to explain this."
"I’m only concerned if there will be compensation for these victims."
"Real victims are more anxious about when they started selling Pomacea canaliculata. I checked in at this restaurant last month on my trip to Hai City. I want to know if I need a hospital check-up. My work is busy, and if I need to go, it’ll have to be to the emergency room in the evening."
"But if you go to the emergency room at night, other than for real emergencies, many related tests aren’t fully available at night..."
"..."
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Chen Mu frowned: "Where do the Pomacea canaliculata come from? There’s a written rule banning the sale of Pomacea canaliculata; how can the store dare to do it?"
Secretary Lu sighed: "And why else? It’s all for money."
"This popular shop was run by the previous generation selling this kind of prepared field snails, and now this stall is a family business passed down."
"In recent years, business has become increasingly profitable, so they directly rented several ponds to rear snails, selling them directly to cut costs."
Chen Mu nodded in agreement.
Once the business grows, they control the raw materials themselves.
This is quite common.
But what Chen Mu couldn’t understand.
If the store already has many snail ponds and can control costs, why would they still sell Pomacea canaliculata? 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
Not mentioning the health damage selling Pomacea canaliculata may cause customers.
Once discovered, the sellers face significant risks themselves.
With their own rearing ponds.
The act of selling Pomacea canaliculata has no logical basis at all.
As if guessing what Chen Mu was thinking.
Secretary Lu sighed again, "The problem is with those ponds; the biggest one got invaded by Pomacea canaliculata."
"Pomacea canaliculata breeds very quickly; by the time they found out, the pond was already beyond saving unless drained and all the snails were removed and disinfected."
"Otherwise, everything in that pond was practically wasted. They couldn’t bring themselves to throw it all away, so they started selling a mixture."
Chen Mu: "So, they knowingly continued to sell Pomacea canaliculata."
Secretary Lu nodded: "People die for wealth, just as birds die for food."
Chen Mu: "..."
From his perspective.
It’s really hard to empathize with the seller’s actions.
Are their losses more important than customers’ safety?
Those who frequent the snail shop.
If someone truly enjoys it and goes there every day.
With so many Pomacea canaliculata consumed.
It truly could be fatal.
Secretary Lu: "Initially, when they started doing this, the store owners were also a bit uneasy, hoping it wouldn’t be discovered, hoping no issues would arise."
"But after about a week of selling, they relaxed."
Chen Mu: "???"
Chen Mu: "Selling this stuff could even put their minds at ease???"
Forgive his normal mindset.
He truly couldn’t understand the odd logic Secretary Lu described.
Seeing Chen Mu’s furious expression.
Secretary Lu also felt helpless: "Since they sold Pomacea canaliculata for a week without anyone noticing, they continued selling it for a month..."
