Sewage pipe baby returned, Baby 59 – a newborn baby from the eastern province of Zhejiang – was found on Saturday afternoon lodged in a drain underneath a communal lavatory.
Following a dramatic rescue operation that lasted nearly two hours and was captured on camera, the baby was freed and nicknamed Baby 59 after its incubator in Zhejiang's Pujiang People's Hospital.
On Thursday morning, a hospital official who declined to be named, told The Daily Telegraph the child had now been released. "We just know that the family came yesterday, accompanied by county public security officers, and took away the baby," he said.
State media reported that the boy had been released from the hospital into the custody of his maternal grandparents.The man believed to be his father has requested a paternity test and - if the baby is his - is ready to discuss with the unwed mother how to support the child, an official at the Pujiang county propaganda office in Zhejiang province in the eastern part of the country told AP.
It was not clear if the couple would raise the child together. Officials have not publicly released the names of either of the two adults.
On Wednesday it emerged that the mother had told police the baby had "accidentally" slipped into the toilet after she secretly gave birth inside a communal lavatory in the building where she lived in the city of Jinhua.
The woman said she had been forced to conceal her pregnancy after the father, with whom she had had a one-night stand, refused to offer her support.
The baby's mother is reportedly still being investigated by police but the state-run Global Times newspaper on Thursday claimed she would "probably not face charges".
"So far, according to the results of the investigation, and her explanation of what happened, we won't charge her with anything," Xiang Jiangsong, a local police official, told the newspaper.
The Associated Press also reported that the mother would not face charges, citing a source as saying that the woman did not initially step forward because she was frightened, and that she gradually had a change of heart and began to tell the truth.
Zheng Yuzheng, the fireman who led the baby's rescue, told The Daily Telegraph his condition had been gradually improving since being rushed to hospital on Saturday afternoon.
"His heartbeat is now normal and the bruises and injuries on his legs have been healing," the fireman said on Wednesday. "The chief nurse told me that at first he would wake up crying every two hours. But since then he has been sleeping fine."
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Sewage pipe baby returned
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