City to bury dead babes
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April 5, 2010, Monday
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THE government in Jining City in eastern China's Shandong Province will pay for the disposal of the bodies of babies abandoned by their parents from May 1, according to a regulation published yesterday.
If hospitals cannot find a dead baby's guardian or if the guardian can't afford the transportation and cremation, the government will pay the fees so that inappropriate disposal of the corpse can be prevented, according to the regulation.
This is China's first regulation on dealing with the bodies of babies, officials said.
It followed public criticism last week after 21 dead babies were dumped in a river in Jining. Eight had tabs with clinic code numbers attached to their feet. The tabs showed the bodies were from the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University.
Mortuary workers Zhu Zhenyu and Wang Zhijun have been sacked by the hospital and detained by police for allegedly reaching verbal agreements with relatives of the dead babies to dispose of the bodies for a fee, said Gong Zhenhua, a city government spokesman.
They allegedly transported the bodies secretly to the Guangfu River, but they had failed to bury the bodies completely.
If hospitals cannot find a dead baby's guardian or if the guardian can't afford the transportation and cremation, the government will pay the fees so that inappropriate disposal of the corpse can be prevented, according to the regulation.
This is China's first regulation on dealing with the bodies of babies, officials said.
It followed public criticism last week after 21 dead babies were dumped in a river in Jining. Eight had tabs with clinic code numbers attached to their feet. The tabs showed the bodies were from the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University.
Mortuary workers Zhu Zhenyu and Wang Zhijun have been sacked by the hospital and detained by police for allegedly reaching verbal agreements with relatives of the dead babies to dispose of the bodies for a fee, said Gong Zhenhua, a city government spokesman.
They allegedly transported the bodies secretly to the Guangfu River, but they had failed to bury the bodies completely.
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