Object
Gurney for K'Ehleyr's Body
Nurse and medical technician wheel the gurney into K'Ehleyr's quarters after Beverly Crusher pronounces her dead from multiple stab wounds. They lift her body onto the flat surface and push it out past stunned Picard, Riker, and Beverly, its quiet hum marking the removal of the crime scene evidence and the finality of loss.
2 appearances
Purpose
Transport deceased patients from quarters to medical facilities
Significance
Confirms murder's brutality for senior staff, escalates crisis by prompting Riker's pursuit of Worf to the Vorn, and shifts scene from shock to action amid Klingon tensions.
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