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A newborn baby girl was miraculously rescued after being discovered in a pipe leading from a bathroom.
It is believed that the mother, a student at Linyi University in the Shandong province of China, tried to conceal the pregnancy after giving birth on Sunday.
However the child, who survived the ordeal, became wedged in the pipe. Other students raised the alarm when they heard the child crying.
The emergency services found the newborn in a section of the piping between the third and fourth floor of the building and cut her out. She was then taken to hospital for checks.
Tao Fang, a spokesman for the fire services, explained: "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."
According to reports, police have tracked down the mother and are now deciding whether or not to press charges.
The newborn got wedged in a pipe. (Pictures: Europics/ CEN).