Toddler left dying after hit and run prompts soul searching in China | World news | The Guardian
"The young girl's fate has prompted horrified soul searching in China since the images were aired on a local television station. The footage has been watched more than 1.5m times on the popular Youku video sharing site.
Shanghai Daily reported that the little girl had died of her injuries in hospital after the collision on Thursday, but
other state media including the news agency Xinhua said she remained in a deep coma.
A doctor surnamed Peng told China Daily that
medics had declared her braindead on Sunday and she could die at any time.
He said at best she would remain in a vegetative state on life support.
The widespread reluctance to help strangers has already lead to an anguished public debate in the country. Many say they are too scared, blaming extortion attempts by people who have accused Good Samaritans of causing their injuries – and judges who have backed such claims. But some talked of a new moral low after seeing passersby – including a woman holding a small girl by the hand – walk around a two-year-old lying in a pool of blood.
China Daily claimed that
the woman who stopped, a rubbish collector, was even told by shopkeepers to mind her own business when she tried to find out the child's identity."