Rescued baby
The mother of a newborn rescued over the weekend from a toilet pipe in China "deeply regrets what she did," police said Tuesday.The infant, a baby boy,
was saved Saturday in the Chinese city of Jinhua. He remains in the
hospital, where he is reported to be in stable condition."Local police have found
the mother. She deeply regrets what she did. Details of the case are
still under investigation," Jinhua police said on the social media
website Weibo.
According to a local
police officer involved in the case, the mother, whose identity has not
been disclosed, says she rushed to the toilet after she began to feel
stomach pains and subsequently gave birth to the baby.
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| Newborn baby found inside sewer pipe |
"She tried to grab
something to help herself because there is too much blood," the police
officer said in a video interview Tuesday. "She couldn't hold the baby
anymore, and he slides into the sewage through the hole of the toilet."
During questioning, the
mother said she never intended for the baby to end up in the toilet, the
police officer said in the interview with a local TV channel that was
posted on the police's official Weibo account.
She said that after she
was unable to retrieve the baby with a stick, she decided to flush the
toilet to clear away the blood, according to the officer, whose name and
title wasn't provided in the interview.
She then called the
landlord, saying she'd heard a strange sound that seemed like a baby and
suggested that the landlord and others come to check, the police
officer said.
When police arrived at the apartment, they found a pair of pants stained with blood, he said.
Jinhua police didn't respond to a request Wednesday for further information on the case.
Police posted images of
the infant at the hospital, showing him sleeping in an incubator and
being attended to by various nurses.
Dramatic video of his rescue made global headlines and sparked sympathy.
According to police, one of the firefighters involved visited the baby and sent over clothes, formula powder and diapers.
Someone else sent milk bottles and formula, along with a note that read: "Don't let the baby starve. Let's pray," they said.
What a touching story! Let's pray the incident was accidental so that the baby can be reunited with her mother later on.
Culled from cnn.com
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