Found Alive UK - Ashya King, 5, Southampton, 28 Aug 2015

[ZaZara]

SPANISH OFFICALS: IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED, DOCTORS IN MÁLAGA WILL DETERMINE ASHYA'S FUTURE, NOT BRITISH HIGH COURT

Dialy Mail reports:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Court-permission-despite-need-treatment.html

(..) Mr Diaz said: 'The High Court can say it's got custody but Ashya is in Spain and under international law it can't execute the ward of court power.
'I'm preparing to go to London on Sunday to tell the judge that. We don't want a battle and we're going to the High Court out of respect and politeness.

'But Ashya King is in Spain and not in Britain and under international law its ward of court ruling has no validity while the youngster is here.'

According to a spokesman for the courts and tribunals judiciary, the five year-old's ward of court status means all decisions about his future must be determined from Britain.

The judge, Mr Justice Baker, has the power to lift the ward of court order at any time but could choose to keep it in place if he feels the court should continue to have decision-making powers.

If doctors agree with the couple’s plans, the court will rubberstamp the agreement and Ashya could be moved at once so his treatment can begin as soon as possible.

If no agreement can be reached, lawyers for the parents and the NHS trust will appear before the judge on Monday and the court will make the final decision over the five-year-old’s treatment.

But today, Spanish local officials also insisted that if an agreement cannot be reached, Ashya's future will be determined by the doctors treating him in Malaga - and not the High Court.

Andalucia's regional Health Minister said medics looking after Ashya at the Hospital Materno-Infantil in Malaga would have 'the last word' under a 2005 regulations governing healthcare for minors in southern Spain.



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[ZaZara]

ANDALUSIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH SUPPORTS ASHYA TRANSFER TO CLINIC IN NAVARRA

ABC.es reports:
http://www.abc.es/sociedad/20140905/abci-padres-menor-britanico-plantean-201409051354.html

Translation:


Today, the Andalusian Minister of Equality, Health and Social Policies, María José Sánchez Rubio, reported that the parents of five year old British Ashya King who is hospitalized with a brain tumor in Malaga, apparently have raised a possible removal of the child to a clinic in Navarra.

Although Sánchez Rubio has stated that the Board has not yet received formal requests in these respects, she explained that if eventually this occurs, the administration will provide all the paperwork to ensure that the patient goes to a place "where he can be cared for properly "and with the system of" appropriate "transfer.

All of this, she added, also taking into account that parents have received notification from the County Courthouse at Portsmouth to which they must account for any possible move.
In response to journalists, the Minister has stated, that while [the boy] is staying in Spain and with the purposes of child protection, this case should be governed by the rules "that we have" with guarantees of health care.

"We will assess everything and finally, if that be the case, we will give the permission", said the Minister of Health, who recalled that, in order to move the child, they will have to report to the British court that has a "custody measure" regarding the child. She also insisted that it should not be forgotten that "the most important issue" in this case is the young child and that he does not suffer, is well cared for and feels 'beloved'.

"The care of children can not be conditioned by any paperwork. Administrative issues can not influence how we take care of a minor when there is the need to take care of them," repeated the minister, who added that, had it been necessary, the Junta would have exercised the custody of the child.



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[ZaZara]

NO RESULTS OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE - FULL HEARING MONDAY

BBC reports:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29086267

"Ashya remains a ward of court. A full hearing is due to take place at the High Court on Monday."



Ashya King's legal status

Portsmouth City Council made the request for a temporary wardship order on 29 August, following a request from Southampton General Hospital and Hampshire Constabulary, while Ashya's whereabouts were unknown

The order specifically related to Ashya's medical care and required him to be taken to the nearest appropriate hospital

Following a hearing on 2 September the case was adjourned to allow the parents to put forward their proposals for Ashya's treatment

He remains a ward of court and no decision about Ashya's future can be taken without the court's approval

If there is a dispute between the parents and the medical authorities as to the right course of treatment, the court will make the decision

If the two sides are in agreement, the court will endorse that agreement to allow treatment to begin


BBM

I am not making anything up here. This is the other side of the story. Amazing how the BBC does not mention the Spanish legal point of view at all.

 

[Little Jedi]

I am not making anything up here. This is the other side of the story. Amazing how the BBC does not mention the Spanish legal point of view at all.

Why does this not surprise me ?

ZaZara ~ For keeping us so well informed on this

 

[ZaZara]

BRITISH HIGH COURT GIVES PERMISSION

BREAKING



http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29086267

Ashya King allowed to fly to Prague for treatment

The parents of five-year-old brain tumour patient Ashya King have been given permission by the High Court to take him to Prague for treatment.

He is expected to travel by private jet this evening ahead of starting proton beam treatment.


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[ZaZara]

COURT ORDER ALLOWING PARENTS TO TAKE ASHYA TO PRAGUE, END OF WARDSHIP

"Upon his arrival at the University Hospital Moto, the wardship shall be discharged and Ashya shall cease to be a ward of court"



Jamie Wood, reporter for SkyNews:

Jamie Wood ‏@JamieWood_Sky

Here's the court order allowing #AshyaKing to go for proton treatment in Prague pic.twitter.com/HzoWjGYRb9


https://twitter.com/JamieWood_Sky/status/507960636010426369

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[ZaZara]

NHS IGNORED OFFERS OF CUT-PRICE THERAPY AT CZECH PROTON CLINIC

The Independent reports:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...e-therapy-at-czech-proton-clinic-9715537.html

The cancer centre in the Czech Republic where the parents of Aysha King want to send their son for treatment has tried repeatedly over two years to make contact with NHS officials over the possibility of offering cut-price proton radiotherapy for British patients who would otherwise have to travel to the US, The Independent can disclose.

The Proton Therapy Centre in Prague, which has state-of-the-art facilities for treating difficult tumours, said that it has received no response at all from the NHS. This was despite repeated attempts to make contact with the office of Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, about the possibility of sending patients to the Czech Republic.

Vaclav Lastovka, one of the co-founders of the proton centre, said that he could treat British patients for less than half the price of the treatment offered by American proton centres, but has not received any meaningful response from NHS England despite repeated phone calls, emails and letters.

“We have made an offer to the NHS to treat British children with proton radiation for two and half times less than the cost of treatment in the US. We can treat children from the UK now and nobody has to wait until the UK has its own proton therapy centres,” Mr Lastovka told The Independent through an interpreter.


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[ZaZara]

SOUTHAMPTON DOCTORS: PROTON THERAPY OFFERS NO EXTRA BENEFIT FOR ASHYA

The Guardian reports:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/05/ashya-king-prague-proton-beam-therapy-court-ruling


(...) doctors from Southampton, speaking for the first time, told the Guardian the parents would not get the extra benefit from the treatment in Prague that they wanted, because most of his brain and spine will still have to be irradiated.

They also said that an application for NHS funding for proton beam therapy for Ashya was turned down. NHS funds children under certain circumstances to get proton beam therapy abroad, but an application for Ashya to have the treatment was rejected because it offers no benefit over conventional radiotherapy. The side effects will be the same.

Dr Peter Wilson, lead paediatrician at Southampton general hospital, said that the boy had wrongly been described as "dying" or "terminally ill" in the media.

Southampton's doctors were doing everything possible to help the boy, he said, because he has a good chance of survival, but needs radiotherapy within six weeks of surgery – and it is now six weeks since he had an operation.

"Where we have been really misrepresented by the press and the family is where people have talked about a dying child," Wilson said. "Ashya is sick because of the surgery he has had. He has a 70%-80% chance of survival. For every week we do not treat him from this week, his chances of survival decrease."

Proton beam therapy holds no advantages for a child with Ashya's form of cancer, said Wilson. "For this particular tumour, the reason why the proton beam was not deemed to be of any benefit is because you have to irradiate most of the brain and spine anyway."


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[Lilibet]

Some Proton Beam Research Results for Medulloblastoma

Interesting reading regarding proton beam therapy for pediatric medulloblastoma from the Mayo Clinic. The section on childhood cancers, including medulloblastoma, is at the end of page 4 and all of page 5. It discusses the reduction in side effects, which has been the main disadvantage of standard radiation.

http://www.proton-therapy.org/documents/mayoclinic_clinical_paper.pdf

The link below discusses trial results using proton beam.

http://oncolink.org/conferences/article.cfm?id=6680

This link contains a pro and con discussion in laymen's terms.

http://www.proton-therapy.org/hemonctoday_82520.html

 

[Ellmau]

So they're taking him to Prague:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...oton-therapy-treatment-next-week-9716269.html

I note that the Prague doctors haven't yet had a chance to examine the patient in person. Let's hope that when they finally see him they don't change their mind about whether they can help.


One of the Southampton doctors is now saying they hadn't even completely ruled out sending him there if the parents funded it, even though they had doubts it would be any better than the conventional treatment:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-the-czech-proton-therapy-centre-9715200.html

 

[ZaZara]

ASHYA WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO PRAGUE IN THE COMING DAYS


Cuatro.com reports:
http://www.cuatro.com/noticias/sociedad/padres-Ashya_King-tumor_cerebral-Praga_0_1855875132.html


Translation:




The parents of the five year old British boy Ashya King - sick and hospitalized with a brain tumor in Málaga-- and their lawyers are finalizing the necessary paperwork to move to the little boy to a hospital in Prague to be subjected to a new treatment , according to the counsel for the family, Juan Isidro Fernandez.


The management of the Maternity and Paediatric hospital in Malaga where the child remains, the families and their lawyers, held a meeting in the presence of regional health officer, Daniel Perez, to discuss all the documentation that is necessary to transfer the child with all the guarantees, after the UK Supreme Court issued last night the authorization for travel.

The lawyer stated in remarks to reporters that the intention is to start treatment "as soon as possible," noting that "we are left with red tape of how would you go" to the health center. So he said that "we understand that all will happen, between this weekend and Monday at the latest ," indicating that the Prague hospital "accepted treatment and is in possession of all the information."

Regarding the transfer he explained that there are two options, the first is a private jet "that is already funded and will take him to Prague with all relevant health measures." The second option is "a plane that will arrive from the hospital itself with all the necessary means."

He assured that the parents "are exhausted after all that has happened," and insisted that "Ashya has always been cared for since he left the hospital in Southampton until now." "He is in perfect shape, playing with his father and his mother, we want the best for him and that the treatment is effective," he assured.

The counsel repeated that parents "have fought so hard for this treatment because they think it will be less aggressive for the future and will impact less on his intellectual capacity and quality of life." "That has been the whole story, the parents, as all of us would have done, have tried to do everything possible," he said.

Regarding the money, there have been "many organizations that have already donated," Fernandez pointed out. About the legal custody, he said that this "ends at the time when the child reaches the hospital," noting that "the English court has been good" and that "legally it remains to explain to the judge that the child has been transferred under optimal conditions and that he has reached to the hospital for treatment. "

"What we want is that the child receives the best treatment," the lawyer asserted, insisting that "the child has never been unprotected, no crime has been committed and his life was never put at risk, on the contrary, in everything the parents were qualified to bring him to Malaga." "In the end everything turned out as they had planned, the only thing is that we have lost five days, but we are still more than in time, according to all the doctors," he added.

About the health of the child, he assured that "he is not weak, he is ready to travel." In fact, hospital sources have indicated to Europa Press that "he is well and his development is good." The lawyer thanked the Andalusian health service for "care, respect and very meticulous attention given to Ashya and his family" and also the British Consulate "how well they have acted in this matter and all the authorities that have helped enormously. "

He stressed that "the important thing is that the child is well, can be cured and there is every chance that treatments are successful," noting that their parents are "good parents".




El Pais reports:
http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2014/09/06/andalucia/1410017936_567772.html

Translation:

The requirements [for the transfer] are that medical and nursing service is available, so that the child can controlled at all times and can continue to feed during the journey through a tube, as happens now.


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[Lilibet]

Doctors in Prague Prepare to See Ashya

Ashya was due to leave hospital in the Spanish city of Malaga, and could arrive in the Czech capital as early as tomorrow for pioneering proton therapy treatment for his brain tumour.
Specialists at Prague’s Proton Therapy Center (PTC) are understood to be considering sending a medically equipped private plane to collect Ashya. Doctors at the centre will meet tomorrow to review his medical notes.
It is thought that he may receive initial preparatory treatment on the children’s cancer ward at the city’s state-funded University Hospital Motol before being transferred to the centre. The ground-breaking therapy targets tumours accurately.
Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz, his family’s lawyer, said yesterday: “We are preparing all the things for travel by plane. He is in perfect condition to travel at the moment. He is playing with his toys, with his parents, with his brother.

“It can happen this weekend, at maximum Monday morning.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11079435/Doctors-in-Prague-prepare-to-see-Ashya.html

 

[Aeronomy]

The ambulance thought to be carrying Ashya King has just left hospital in Malaga. He's expected to go to Prague for more treatment.

https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/508862841190088704

 

[ZaZara]

The ambulance thought to be carrying Ashya King has just left hospital in Malaga. He's expected to go to Prague for more treatment.

https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/508862841190088704

What a relief! I was just reading that after all the decisions in the UK and Spain, they were now taking their turn in Prague to decide if they would accept him and send a plane after all.... :gaah::gaah: ...

....I am happy to see that he is on his way at last!




Euro Weekly News reports:
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/news...shya-king-set-to-travel-to-prague-any-day-now

Ashya King left Malaga’s Childrens Hospital this morning at 8.20am after a stay of eight days.

The Junta de Andalucía (regional government) gave the go-ahead yesterday for the five-year-old to be moved to Prague to receive Proton Beam Therapy.

Ashya left the hospital this morning in a specialised ambulance which took him to the airport. He was accompanied by police in an operation designed to maximise his comfort and privacy.

Brett King, the boy’s father, followed the ambulance in a taxi with the family’s lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernandez. The ambulance entered the airport through a restricted area whilst Mr. King had to enter through the main entrance.


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[Supernovae]

Latest Family Court order from Friday:

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/order-ashya-king-05092014.pdf

The full judgement is going to be read in open court at 2:30PM BST although it may be a little while after that for the judgement to be published online. Watch Twitter to see if there's live tweeting from court.

 

[ZaZara]

ASHYA ARRIVES IN PRAGUE


SKY-NEWS interviews father Brett King on the tarmac next to the plane that took them to Prague:
Video: Ashya' father spoke exclusively to Sky's David Bowden

http://news.sky.com/story/1331835/familys-delight-as-ashya-begins-treatment

"This is what we wanted from the beginning..."

In the background, the mother. The lawyer.
And then little Ashya, wrapped in white blankets, is carefully carried off the plane. How very small he is...

 

[ZaZara]

PRESS CONFERENCE DOCTORS PRAGUE HOSPITAL

Video from The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/08/ashya-king-malaga-medical-treatment-prague-video


Ashya King needs more tests before treatment can go ahead, say Prague doctors.

"A highly malignant tumor"

 

[Supernovae]

Full judgement from today:

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/judgment-ashya-king-08092014.pdf

All orders and judgements:

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/judgment-and-family-court-orders-in-the-matter-of-ashya-king/

 

[Ellmau]

PRESS CONFERENCE DOCTORS PRAGUE HOSPITAL

Video from The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/08/ashya-king-malaga-medical-treatment-prague-video


Ashya King needs more tests before treatment can go ahead, say Prague doctors.

"A highly malignant tumor"

Unfortunately, it's looking more and more likely that the Southampton doctors were right in their initial judgment (although obviously they and the police massively mishandled matters after Ashya's parents removed him from the hospital). I hope I'm wrong.

 

[ZaZara]

ASHYA KING HAS 70% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL, SAY CZECH DOCTORS

StraitsTimes reports:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/wo...as-70-chance-survival-say-czech-doctors-20140


PRAGUE(AFP) - Cancer-striken boy Ashya King, whose case grabbed headlines after his parents removed him from a British hospital, was undergoing scans in Prague on Tuesday as Czech doctors said he could have a 70 per cent chance of survival.

Dr Jan Stary, head of the Prague Motol hospital children's haematology and oncology clinic, where Ashya is also being examined, said he could begin to receive proton beam therapy next week. He estimated that Ashya had a 70 per cent chance of survival if all the treatment went well.


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