<p><br /> Two mortuary workers have been detained in China after 21 babies' bodies were found floating in a river.<br /> </p><p><br /> They were discovered washed ashore, and authorities suspect they were dumped there as "medical waste" by local hospitals.<br /> </p><p><br /> An initial investigation showed that eight of the 21 babies wore identification tags on their feet tracing them back to a hospital in nearby Jining in Shandong province.<br /> </p><p><br /> The other 13 are still unidentified.<br /> </p><p><br /> Some of them were wrapped in plastic bags, with at least one of which having "medical waste" written on it.<br /> </p><p><br /> The families had paid the hospital mortuary workers to dispose of the babies' bodies, but they dumped them at the river instead.<br /> </p><p><br /> Three top hospital officials have reportedly either been sacked or suspended and the government has ordered the Jining Municipal Health Bureau to make a public apology.<br /> </p>
