Photos/Video: Miracle baby plucked ALIVE from a toilet pipe after being flushed away by parents

Firefighters in eastern China rescued a newborn baby boy who was flushed down a sewage pipe. Residents in the building in Jinhua raised the alarm after hearing a child crying and rescue workers eventually found him directly beneath the toilet commode. They cut away a section of the pipe and then took the infant to the Pujiang County People’s Hospital where medics were able to carefully remove the baby, pictured left. The child, who was said to be in a critical condition when he arrived at the hospital, is now stable and being nursed back to health, pictured centre. Though there are frequent reports of babies being abandoned in China, the case has sparked fury on social media websites.

The infant was heard crying in a section of the pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, the country’s state television reported earlier today.
Firefighters had to remove the pipe and take it to a nearby hospital where doctors carefully used saws to rescue the baby boy.
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Being nursed back to health: The abandoned baby boy is pictured being fed in hospital after firefighters rescued him from a sewage pipe after he was apparently flushed down a toilet in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province

Reunited: The baby boy's mother - believed to be a 22-year-old single woman - has been found and is said to be with her baby in hospital

The infant- named Baby No. 59 from the number of his hospital incubator - was in a critical condition when he arrived at the hospital with an apparent fracture to his skull

Injured: A nurse said the baby boy - who weighs 6.2 pounds - suffered a fracture to his skull but is now in a stable condition

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Staff at the Pujiang County People's Hospital in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, said well-wishers have visited the hospital with diapers, baby clothes and powered milk for the child

Recovering: The baby boy has been nicknamed number 59 after the number of his incubator

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