VIDEO: Chinese Newborn Baby Rescued From Pipe After Being Flushed Down The Toilet

Chinese firefighters and surgeons have worked together to rescue a newborn baby boy from a sewer pipe below a toilet, CNN reports.

A member of the public heard a child crying from inside the building's pipelines on Saturday and rang emergency services, according to state-run website Zhejiang News. Rescuers in the Zhejiang province dismantled the piping and rescued the newborn with the help of firefighters and surgeons.

The baby was stuck in the L-joint of the pipe, which had a diameter of about three inches.

It is believed the baby was attempted to be flushed down the toilet as the landlord of the building said it was unlikely the birth took place in the toilet (there is no evidence of blood) and she was not aware of any pregnancies in the building. The afterbirth was still attached to the child. 

The child is now safe in a nearby hospital and has been named "Baby Number 59" because of the number of his incubator.

Strangers have been visiting the hospital since the rescue was broadcast across China with nappies, baby clothes, powdered milk and offers to adopt the child, but the baby will have to be handed over to social services if his parents do not show up to claim him.

Police are treating the case as an attempted homicide, and are looking for the mother and anyone else involved in the incident.

They have released a statement that reads:

"Mother, come back! The baby is resilient and alive. Please show up, Mother. This is your own baby and he should return to your warm embrace soon."