Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites.
There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, a problem attributed variously to young mothers unaware they were pregnant, the birth of an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys or China’s strict family planning rules.
In the latest case the infant was found in the sewage pipe in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon after residents reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on Monday.
Rescued: The pipe is cut away to free the screaming infant, who is wedged in tight
Firefighters had to remove the pipe and take it to a nearby hospital, where doctors carefully cut around it to rescue the baby boy inside, the report said.
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, state television added.
The case has been widely discussed on China’s Twitter-like service Sina Weibo due to the graphic nature of the footage, with calls for the parents to be severely punished.
‘The parents who did this have hearts even filthier than that sewage pipe,’ wrote one user.
A workman cuts away at the sewage pipe to rescue the screaming child, carefully ensuring he does not injure it
Rescuers try to reach a trapped infant inside a piece of sewage pipe, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province
Firefighters and doctors rescue an abandoned newborn baby boy by cutting away a sewage pipe piece by piece, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province
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Sir george solomon, i think you would do the same if you are in their shoes. It’s a pity. But thank God the baby is safe. Shame on the heartless parents.
Thousands of women r out dere crying nd asking God 4 jt 1 child is better to b punished by man dan face d anger of God a bby in a pipe jt becos of fear of deir govt at least Nigeria is beta off
It’s unbelievable,May God 4give his people.
Hmm.this world sometimes is hard to understand,is only God that knows how to do the right judgement.humanly speaking,why should they be punished? Is it not the chinese government that enforce such undevine strict law to its citizens? Those couples I can tact them “THE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS” why because they are trying to abide by the rules that is guiding their country.now com to think of it,had been that they kept the baby they’ll still be punished now that they did the contrary they’ll still be punish.oh! A what wiked world!!!
The parents who did this have hearts even filthier than that sewage pipe.
may God have mercy on them.
If parents could do this to a child that comes from them,then the world is gradually coming to an end