Ashya Set For Specialist Treatment In Prague

The lawyer for Ashya King's parents says the five-year-old boy may be taken from Malaga to Prague by Monday for specialist cancer treatment.

It comes after a British judge ruled the youngster could be transported to the Czech capital to have proton beam radiotherapy - a technique not available to him on the NHS.

Family lawyer Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz said the brain tumour patient could fly there as early as tonight, Sunday, or Monday at the latest.

And the boy will stay at a children's hospital near the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) which carries out the treatment, he added.

Sky sources say Ashya was unlikely to arrive in Prague before Monday evening.

Doctors there will not make any final decision about when to begin Ashya's treatment until after a meeting to review his case on Monday morning.

Ashya pictured with his parents in a Malaga hospital

The boy 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".

The couple had been detained in Spain under a European arrest warrant issued by UK authorities before it was withdrawn following a public outcry and the pair were released.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

The family's lawyer Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz speaks to reporters

"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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