A newborn baby was dramatically rescued from a toilet pipe in Linyi University in the Shandong province of China.
It’s believed the mother, a student in the university, tried to conceal her pregnancy and get rid of her baby down the toilet. The baby girl became stuck in the pipe but thankfully survived the ordeal.
Other students heard the baby’s cries and alerted the authorities.
Firefighters found the baby wedged between the third and fourth floors of the building and cut her out of the pipe. The newborn girl was then rushed to hospital.
A spokesperson for the rescue team, Tao Fang, stated:
“It was impossible to get the baby out from above. She had fallen into the toilet and gone down the pipes were she had got stuck between the third and fourth floors."
“We used an angle grinder to break open the pipeline on the third floor and we could then push the child up to colleagues on the fourth floor where she was handed to medics who were waiting to take her to hospital.”
Police have tracked down the mother of the child, and are deciding whether to press charges.
