Baby survives after being flushed down a toilet

[We Are Legion]

(CNN) -- A newborn baby boy who was found alive inside a toilet pipe in Jinhua, China, has been released from a hospital and taken home by his maternal grandparents, police said.

The child's mother is still being treated at the hospital, but has been cooperating with the investigation, Xiang Jiangsong, a police official, said Thursday.

The police are labeling the case an "accident" at this time, and no charges have been filed against the mother.

Dramatic video of the infant's rescue made global headlines and sparked reactions worldwide.

Unable to pull the infant out, rescuers went to a floor below the toilet and sawed away a section of pipe to gain access from there.

Still unable to extract the infant, rescuers detached the section of pipe with the infant inside and took it to the hospital.

Working together, rescuers and doctors used pliers and gingerly tore away bits of the pipe.

CCTV video showed the exact moment hands in white gloves gingerly pulled away a part of the pipe to reveal the newborn's face.

The infant, a boy referred to as "Baby 59," was drinking formula, doctors said.

Police said firefighters and other rescuers involved visited the baby at the hospital and sent clothes, formula powder and diapers.


The mother of the infant is not being identified, but local police say she is 22.

Police say that, so far, they believe her account of how the baby ended up in the pipe.

"That day she felt stomachaches," said Jiang Song, the vice director of police. "So she went to the toilet. It was actually close to her due date and the baby just slid out."

Police questioned the woman, who told them that she did not intend for the child to fall into the toilet, according to a local TV channel that was posted on the official police Weibo account.

The police said she tried to retrieve the baby with a stick, then decided to flush the toilet to clear away the blood.
Police: Young mother was embarrassed.

A police officer in Pujiang County, in which the incident took place, told a journalist working for CNN that the unmarried woman broke up with her boyfriend six months ago. The officer refused to give his full name to the reporter, identifying himself only as Fang.

According to Fang, the young woman was embarrassed to have a child as a single woman and felt nervous, so after the baby fell in the toilet, she called her landlord and told him that she'd heard crying, Fang said.

The landlord saw the baby and called police, the officer said, adding that the woman later begged police not to tell her story to anyone, including her parents, because she didn't want public attention, according to the officer.

The mother's parents have agreed to help the mother take care of the baby, and police have identified a man they believe is the father. The police are conducting blood tests to confirm paternity, the officer told CNN.

Fang said that the mother has legal custody of the child and can decide if she wants help from the baby's father.

There are no words.

 

[Chris]

"That day she felt stomachaches," said Jiang Song, the vice director of police. "So she went to the toilet. It was actually close to her due date and the baby just slid out."

 

[We Are Legion]

Yeah that sounds totally plausible. And she just conveniently didn't realize she had just given birth and proceeded to flush the toilet.

What a fucking cunt.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

How you not notice something coming out of your vagina when you're taking a shit?

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

If you would have posted the pic of the toilets in question, the drain pipe is large enough for a small child/newborn to get lodged in, no need to flush for that to happen. Also the child did not drown, so the mother could very well be telling the truth since if she had flushed, the kid would be dead.

 

[PHX]

This was just cringe worthy to read. That woman had to be high out of her mind to just to happen be on the toilet and thought she was simply using the bathroom instead of giving birth to a damn child.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Why does this type of shit happen ONLY in China?

 

[Luis]

She doesn't deserved to be called his mother its just horrible

 

[Troy]

Incredible work from the emergency services to get this child out alive and well. As for the mother and whether or it was an accident, wouldn't the umbilical cord still have been attached to her or would the weight of the baby slipping down the toilet have severed it?

 

[NotReallyaGoodUN]

That ain't no fucking accident. Everybody knows what that is. As if this kind of stuff doesn't happen here every other day.

The police would not be too off the mark if they charged this woman with attempted murder.

According to Fang, the young woman was embarrassed to have a child as a single woman and felt nervous, so after the baby fell in the toilet, she called her landlord and told him that she'd heard crying, Fang said.

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Incredible work from the emergency services to get this child out alive and well. As for the mother and whether or it was an accident, wouldn't the umbilical cord still have been attached to her or would the weight of the baby slipping down the toilet have severed it?

That is a good point. Her supposed reaction of flushing the toilet and then just telling the landlord she heard crying is very suspect, and yeah its very hard to imagine a baby just sliding out like that. I'm sure my wife and women everywhere wish childbirth was that easy.

 

[Echo]

Adrian Mutu (Football/Soccer player) wants to adopt the baby.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Whole thing is fucked, she shouldn't be allowed to have a baby if she finds a good man.

 

[Slim]

The police said she tried to retrieve the baby with a stick, then decided to flush the toilet to clear away the blood.

Yeah she knew exactly what it was. She knew what she was doing. She tried to retrieve it... but with a stick? Why a stick? Was the baby supposed to grab the stick? Or was she just pushing it further down?

And for the baby to just slip out like that? I dunno. I mean there are those that don't know that they are pregnant until the baby is starting to come out... but you gonna feel yourself stretchin down there. Sounds like they tryin to protect her and cover it up as much as possible.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

This is a pretty crazy story.

I'd rather discuss Planned Parenthood in the United States saying they think it's alright to kill kids up to age 3. China is already too fucked up with how they handle newborns.