The infant was stuck in a 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.
Harrowing: Firefighters work to free the unwanted baby from the pipe in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
Fight for survival: The newborn baby was rescued by firefighters after being flushed down a toilet
At a public toilet on the fourth floor
firefighters were able to hear faint cries and, exploring further,
spotted the baby's foot deep inside the pipe
Unbelievably, the baby survived the ordeal, which saw him having to be cut out of a pipe
Firefighters received a call from a landlady of a
block of flats saying that she thought a baby was trapped in a toilet
pipe in the building as she had heard it crying
The problem is 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.
The harrowing discovery came after residents
reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on
Monday.
The pipe was just four inches wide in diameter the China Daily newspaper said.
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 firefighters worked quickly to dismantle the pipe and rescue the trapped youngster, who was heard wailing
Firefighters gently carried away the section of pipe that contained the terrified baby
There are many reports in Chinese media of
babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, making this incident a
distressing but common occurrence
Doctors carefully cut around the sewage pipe to rescue the baby boy inside
His
arms had been pinned to his side, and when the confines of the pipe had
been delicately prised away, he let out a long wail - much to the
relief of doctors who were battling against the clock to rescue him.
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