Ashya Set For Specialist Treatment In Prague

The family of brain tumour patient Ashya King say they are hoping they can take their son to Prague this weekend to have specialist cancer treatment.

It comes after a British judge said the five-year-old boy could be transported to the Czech capital for proton beam radiotherapy - a technique not available to him on the NHS.

The family's lawyer Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz said Ashya could fly there as early as tonight, Sunday, or Monday at the latest and will stay at a children's hospital near the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC).

A panel of health experts at the PTC, which is not open until Monday, will discuss his case on that day.

Ashya is currently being treated in a medical centre in Malaga after Brett and Naghmeh King removed him from a Southampton hospital over a week ago without doctors' consent.

Mr Diaz said the child was "in a perfect condition to travel" and was playing with his family and his toys.

He said the parents were "really happy" with the judge's decision and the British court has been "really nice with us".

Ashya pictured with his parents in a Malaga hospital

The couple had been detained in Spain under a European arrest warrant issued by UK authorities before it was withdrawn following a public outcry and the pair were released.

The Kings want Ashya to have proton beam radiotherapy at the PTC and the judge Mr Justice Baker approved their request on Friday.

Centre spokeswoman Iva Ta'ounová said: "All necessary preparations are currently being made by the Prague proton centre to ensure that all is ready in anticipation of the arrival of Ashya King and his family from Malaga hospital, Spain.

"This standard preparation procedure can take up to 10 days but in the case of Ashya King an expert panel of physicians have agreed to discuss the transportation details and additional treatment needed according to Ashya's current health condition on Monday 8th September at 8am.

"PTC has again requested information from Malaga Hospital, in order to be made up-to-date on Ashya's current health condition, so that it can be discussed with them directly on Monday.

"PTC is aware that the boy's parents wish desperately for him to transported to Prague, however first all administrative and legal requirements must be fulfilled."

A lawyer representing bosses at Southampton General Hospital told the judge that doctors aimed to provide chemotherapy but not proton beam.

Vikram Sachdeva said such treatment could not be provided in Britain.

The judge said he had been told specialists at the PTC had considered a treatment plan.

And he said he had seen evidence of the treatment planned, evidence of plans to fly Ashya to Prague and evidence that Mr and Mrs King could afford the cost of treatment and transport.

The judge said he would cease to have responsibility for Ashya once the youngster arrived at the Czech hospital.

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