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CHINA - FETUSES, BABY BODIES, FOUND
IN RIVER
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English.news.cn 2010-03-30 |
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Men search for
more bags of bodies under the Gunagfuhe bridge in a village in Jining county,
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JINAN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff at a hospital have been suspended
from work after at least 21 fetuses and baby bodies were found discarded in a
river in east China's Jining City.
Some eight of the 21 bodies had tabs with
clinic code numbers attached to their feet. The tabs showed the bodies were
from the
Local health authorities and police have
launched an investigation into the dumping.
"The hospital medical staff involved
have been suspended from their work during the investigation," said Zhong
Haitao, a spokesman at the Jining Health Bureau.
Zhong said the 21 bodies were salvaged by
local residents and firemen Monday after they were discovered under a bridge
spanning the
The Beijing News reported Tuesday the bodies
may have been dumped by cleaners from local hospitals after abortions and
induced labor. Such dead bodies are treated as "medical waste" by
hospitals.
The municipal environmental department said
the most recent tests on the river's water quality showed it was not
contaminated with major water indicators, unchanged with that of 2009.
The river is not one of the city's drinking water sources.
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Additional Reference on Story - NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/baby_bodies_wash_ashore_in_china_qA5DSSYsQTYQ2JQcA7Ad3M
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