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Old customs behind dumping of 21 dead babies in Chinese river: Expert | The reason behind the dumping of 21 foetuses and dead babies in a river in East China's Shandong province is a local custom, it has emerged. Local
residents on Monday found 21 foetuses and baby bodies dumped under a bridge across
the Guangfu River on the outskirts of Jining. Eight of the 21 bodies had tabs
with clinic code numbers attached to their feet, and the tabs showed the bodies
were from the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University. Two senior officials
and two mortuary workers have been sacked in the wake of the incident. But experts
point out that in some parts of China, parents don't take babies' bodies home
for a funeral. The China Daily quoted Ma Guanghai, deputy dean of Shandong University's
school of philosophy and social development, as saying that they either dump the
body in a corner of the hospital or pay someone to bury the baby. He added that
the outdated practice is related to the high death rate of babies in the past.
"A modern society that respects life cannot allow this type of abandonment," Ma
said. Currently, there is no legal definition for proper burial of dead infants
or foetuses in China, and experts have called for introduction of such regulations.
"There should be regulations for dealing with infants' bodies and dead foetuses
that comply with both the law and folk customs. Otherwise, there will always be
loopholes for hospital management," he said. |
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