La historia es larga y algo confusa pero presenta varias aristas - positivas y negativas - al respecto de la asistencia sanitaria publica en Europa.
Resumo:
Los padres (Testigos de Jehova aunque parece que no es por eso) se llevan a su hijo ASHYA con un MeduloBlastoma -Tumor del SNC- para buscar un tratamiento que no le han ofrecido en los hospitales publicos de UK.
El caso es incurable, pero el padre dice que nadie le ha hecho caso y que sabe que existe un tratamiento radioterapico paliativo,... como al final le ponen hasta impedimentos para ver a su hijo o buscarle otro tratameinto deciden llevarselo, y se cursa orden por secuestro... el buen hombre dice que dejen de hacer el ridiculo, que solo busca lo mejor para su hijo.
Escapan en coche, hasta Malaga, -al parecer tienen una casa en Estepona- , mientras tanto se cursa una orden de busqueda y captura y los padres son "detenidos" en un hostal en Malaga
El niño esta ingresado en el Hospital Materno Infantil de Malaga
Donde si hay ese tratamiento segun el padre.
Aparentemente los padres buscaban una radioterapia especifica (supongo que para disminuir el tamaño del tumor) que les habian dicho era lo mejor para el niño -lo menos dañino y menos agresivo- y que no "fria" el resto de cerebro.
Protonterapia - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El reino unido parece que solo tiene uno publico :
: y lo utilizan para otros casos.
El padre habia dejado un video en el que cuenta que solo busca lo mejor para su hijo y que solo por ese motivo lo tiene que secuestrar. Ha comentado que vendera su casa para pagar el tratamiento.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ETQn9ZPwk
Este es el gran drama de la Sanidad Publica:
La imposibilidad de eleccion de la asistencia sanitaria, da igual que la asistencia sea gestionada o no por empresas privadas, eso no cambia. O te tratan en donde te toca o nada... y da igual que sea en UK...
La Sanidad esta secuestrada y da igual que partido gobierne. El estado debe garantizar el acceso, pero no obligar a la asistencia.
Esta familia no tenia otra. Secuestrar a su propio hijo.
El caso esta siendo muy mediatico en UK, y los padres estan a disposicion judicial en España.
Ah coste: aprox 120000 Euros
De paso reconocer que la Sanidad Publica Española SI lo tenia, pagado con nuestros impuestos, claro.
Ahi lo dejo. Juzguen. Hay fotos y video en el link de la noticia.
Noticias en Español ordenada por fecha del pais:
La Interpol busca a un niño británico al que sus padres sacaron del hospital | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
Localizado en Málaga el niño sacado del hospital por sus padres | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
La familia King defiende que Ashya siempre estuvo bien cuidado | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
'NHS doctors would not give Ashya the treatment we wanted': Father who fled with brain tumour boy, 5, to Spain posts heartfelt video explaining move - but police say 'no apology' for arresting parents
Terminally ill Ashya King, five, received 'urgent care' in Malaga, police say
He was today moved to a lower dependency unit and is 'stable'
Parents Brett and Naghmeh King arrested in Spain last night
Father Brett King recorded a video explaining why they had gone on the run
Urged police to stop the 'ridiculous chase' and asked to be 'left in peace'
Police make 'no apology' for being proactive in their efforts to find Ashya
Boy was taken from hospital in Southampton by his parents on Thursday
By Lucy Crossley for MailOnline
Published: 11:00 GMT, 31 August 2014 | Updated: 15:42 GMT, 31 August 2014
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The five-year-old terminally ill boy snatched from an NHS hospital was being treated by doctors in Malaga today as British police faced questions over the handling of the case.
Ashya King, who has a brain tumour, was found with his Jehovah's Witness parents Brett and Naghmeh King by police last night, ***owing a Europe-wide search, described by Mr King as a 'ridiculous chase' as he asked to be 'left in peace'.
However, Hampshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead, said he makes 'no apology for the police being as proactive as we can to find Ashya, as medical experts had expressed 'grave concern' for the missing boy.
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Found: Ashya King, five, pictured with his father Brett in a video uploaded to YouTube yesterday, was being treated by doctors in Malaga today as British police flew to Spain to question his Jehovah's Witness parents
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Mr Shead said he was aware the police's approach had created a 'significant amount of debate'.
'We had medical experts telling us that Ashya was in grave danger,' he said at a press conference today.
'Medical experts were saying to us that if he didn't get the care that he needed, there was a potential threat to his life.
'Faced with those circumstances, I make no apology for the police being as proactive as we possibly can to actually find Ashya and ensure that he gets the help he needed.'
He added: 'I would much sooner be standing here facing criticism for being proactive.'
'No apologies': Hampshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead, said he makes 'no apology for the police being as proactive as we can to find Ashya, as medical experts had expressed 'grave concern' for the missing boy
The little boy was rushed to a specialist hospital to receive urgent medical care ***owing his three-day disappearance, but officers said he was showing 'no visible signs of distress.
His father, 51, and 45-year-old mother, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, were arrested under a European Arrest Warrant issued against them 'on the grounds of neglect', and will be questioned today.
They were found outside the Hotel Esperanza in Benajarafe, southern Spain, 14 miles east of Malaga in their Hyundai car with their young son.
In the video, Mr King called for police to stop the 'ridiculous chase', saying his son was 'perfectly healthy'
Mr King said of his son that they just wanted to get on with his treatment, saying they would not come back to England if they could not get the treatment he wanted
A receptionist at the hostel had called police as the family tried to check in.
'As a result of the media campaign a member of the hotel staff where the family were staying recognised the family and contacted the Spanish police, which led to Ashya being found,' said Mr Shead.
Mr Shead explained that British officers were due to land in Spain this afternoon and would be assisting Spanish authorities with extradition proceedings against Mr and Mrs King.
Ashya was taken to a hospital in Malaga last night and placed in a high dependency unit, but has today been moved to a lower dependency unit, and his condition was described as 'stable'.
Ashya is expected to remain in Spain until he is fit enough to be moved, although experts from Southampton General Hospital, where he was being treated under armed guard, are liasing with their counterparts at the Materno-Infantil Hospital over his care.
Grandmother: Patricia King said she had seen her son Brett's YouTube video, and agreed that Ashya should get proton beam therapy abroad
Family: The Kings' other children, who were not present when their parents were arrested, are staying at the hostel and are being looked after by 22-year-old brother Danny
'My hope is that Ashya gets the medical help Ashya deserves and needs and is able to become as well as he possibly can,' said Mr Shead, who said Hampshire officers were set to arrive in Spain this afternoon.
'It is an investigation now that the police have to conduct on the circumstances of the parents taking Ashya.
'We will do that in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service and they will apply their usual test and if there's a case to answer it will go down that route.
'Ashya's best interests now is a matter for medical experts, the medical experts from Southampton General will liaise with their counterparts in Spain and they will determine what is the best course of action for Ashya.'
The family has connections in the south of Spain and are reported to own a holiday home there.
Mr and Mrs King could be taken to Madrid tomorrow for an extradition hearing at the city’s Central Criminal Court.
However, legal processes could miccionan that it 'takes some time', to bring his parents back to the UK, according to Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead of Hampshire Constabulary.
Their six other children, who were not present when their parents were arrested, are staying at the hostel and are being looked after by 22-year-old brother Danny.
Police say they were outside the hostel in their Hyundai car with their young son when they were caught, at around 10pm local time.
Speaking in a video filmed prior to their arrest, Mr King said that he and his wife were seeking proton beam medical treatment for Ashya, which is not available on the NHS, in the Czech Republic.
In the ten minute video, posted on YouTube by his eldest son Naveed, Jehovah's Witness Mr King, 51, called for police to stop the 'ridiculous chase', saying their son was 'perfectly healthy' and the family wanted to be 'left in peace'.
In the extraordinary video, Mr King - who is pictured holding his son on a bed - said he decided to record the message after being 'most disturbed' to find Ashya's face 'all over the internet'.
He said he and his wife were not 'neglecting' their son and that Ashya, who has a brain tumour, was 'perfectly healthy'.
'We were most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers and we have been labelled as kidnappers putting his life at risk, neglect,' he said. ::
Mr King said there had been 'a lot of talk' about the machine used to feed Ashya and whether they could make it work.
Police had said concern for the boy was growing 'with each passing hour', and warned that the family might not be able to work the machine and that it would run out of battery power.
Mr King said: 'There is nothing wrong with him, he is very happy actually. Since we took him out of hospital, he has been smiling a lot more, he has very much been interacting with us.'
Spotted: Receptionist Ilia Pardo recognised the family when one of the couple's grown-up children tried to book two rooms at the Hostel
He added: 'We're not neglecting our son, he's in perfectly good health. My son is smiling, he's happy, we're doing things as a family.
'We just want to be left in peace. He's very sick. I just want to get on with his treatment. I'm not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I want, which is proper treatment. I just want positive results for my son.'
In the video, Mr King told how they had wanted to leave the hospital because the NHS could not fund the proton beam treatment that they wanted for their son, but that he would raise the money to pay for it.
'We couldn't take it any more - not knowing and not being able to question anything in antiestéticar that they say, "Sorry Mr and Mrs King, emergency protection order, you're no longer allowed in the ward",' he told the camera.
'Under that stress, our son has grade four brain tumour, we couldn't discuss or question them at all in antiestéticar that our son would be in that ward all day long by himself without his parents being able to come in.
'We couldn't be under that system any more. I was going to get the money to pay for the proton beam therapy but they have prevented that now because the Spanish police are involved and I can't do want I wanted to do.'
'But straight away afterwards he went into what's called posterior fossa syndrome, which means very limited moving or talking or doing anything.'
He continued: 'Proton beam is so much better for children with brain cancer.
'It zones in on the area, whereby normal radiation passes right through his head and comes out the other side and destroys everything in his head.
'We pleaded with them for proton beam treatment. They looked at me straight in the face and said with his cancer - which is called medulloblastoma - it would have no benefit whatsoever.
'I went straight back to my room and looked it up and the American sites and French sites and Switzerland sites where they have proton beam said the opposite, it would be very beneficial for him.
'Then I spoke to them again, I wrote a letter which he never responded to, saying OK - I will sell my property in order to pay for the proton beam.'
Ashya's grandmother, Patricia King, said she had watched Mr King's video, and agreed that the boy should get get proton beam radiotherapy treatment abroad.
Arriving at her Portsmouth home with a police officer today, she said she was 'relieved' Ashya was looking better than he had done in hospital, and said she thought her son had made the best decision for her grandson's care.
'If Ashya comes back to the UK he might not recover because he won't get the treatment we all want for him,' she said.
'I've seen the video - it's the best he's looked in ages and I'm relieved to see him doing so well but I just wish they hadn't been found.
'I agree with Brett - the police should call off this ridiculous chase and leave the family be to get the care for him we all want.
'I completely trust Brett's opinion on it all and he's very angry about what's gone on over the last few days.'
An international search was launched after Ashya's family took him from hospital on Thursday afternoon and travelled on a ferry to France some two hours later, before heading south to Spain.
Receptionist Ilia Pardo told local paper Sur that she had recognised the family when one of the couple’s grown-up children tried to book two rooms at the Hostel.
She added: 'The family were waiting in the car. As there wasn’t any parking space available inside, I went out to show them where they could park the car.
'I got nervous when I saw the English number plate because I had seen the news about their disappearance on the Internet a few minutes earlier.
'There had been a problem with our computers so I couldn’t pass the details of the reservation on to the police as we’re obliged to do.
'But I told my boss to call the police because I suspected they might be the runaway British family.
'I did what I was supposed to do. Afterwards one of the sons had a go at me because I called the police.'
She added: 'The doctors carried the boy out in their arms. He looked very weak, as if he was asleep.'
Hampshire police confirmed Ashya had been found and his parents arrested at 10pm local time yesterday after officers stopped the family's car.
'There are no winners in this situation. I have said all along this must be a terribly distressing time for Ashya's family and I stand by that now,' Mr Shead said yesterday.
'It has been a dreadful period for them. But we are grateful that we have achieved our number one objective to give Ashya the care that he needs.
'However, the advice we have been given from Ashya's medical team was that his care was complex and needed to be administered by suitably trained medical personnel as any maladministration of that care could endanger Ashya's well-being.
'Any notion of criminality has always been a secondary concern.
'We took the steps to obtain an arrest warrant to ensure that we had the legal power to detain Ashya's parents in order to speak to them regarding their motivation, and we will do that when appropriate.'
ACC Shead said the Kings were arrested using the EAW 'obtained on the grounds of neglect' but would not necessarily be charged with that offence.
He added: 'When people do not want to be found, it can take some time.
'I am just thankful we have found Ashya.'
Ashya is suffering from a brain tumour and is in need of 24-hour-a-day care. He is in a wheelchair and is fed through a tube.
He had undergone 'extensive surgery' for the aggressive tumour, with his last operation eight days ago, police have said.
***owing Mr King's remarks, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust today said it had offered Ashya's family access to a second opinion on the boy's treatment and offered to help with organising treatment abroad.
'Our priority has always been Ashya's welfare and we are delighted that he has been found,' said a spokesman.
'We are now working closely with colleagues in Malaga to ensure he receives the essential medical support he needs.
'We are aware of the comments made online by his father. Throughout Ashya's admission we have had conversations about the treatment options available to him and we had offered the family access to a second opinion, as well as assistance with organising treatment abroad.
'We understand how distressing this situation is for everyone involved, particularly Ashya's family. We will continue to do what we can to support them and assist the police in providing any information they require.'
SEEKING TREATMENT: WHAT IS THE PROTON BEAM THERAPY THE KINGS SO DESPERATELY WANT THEIR SON TO HAVE?
Ashya King's parents said in a video posted online that had been seeking proton beam radiotherapy - currently only available to treat eye conditions on the NHS in the UK.
Countries throughout Europe are, however, already using proton beam for a range of cancers in adults and children.
According to Cancer Research UK, the treatment differs from X-ray methods by aiming proton beams at cancers.
It works by sending charges into cancer cells, with doses of radiation aimed directly at the tumour.
At the same time, the treatment spares healthy tissue, particularly tissues and organs behind the tumour.
The treatment is popular because it has a lower risk of side effects, though others are concerned that the long-term impact of the nascent procedure is not yet known.
The only proton beam facility in the UK is at the Clatterbridge Centre for Cancer NHS Foundation Trust in the Wirral, Merseyside, which delivers "low energy" therapy for rare cancers around the eye.
But NHS England said high energy facilities for the UK were in the process of procurement and, in 2018, proton beam therapy will be offered to up to 1,500 cancer patients at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Patients can also access proton beam therapy abroad through NHS funding.
They must be assessed by a panel who may decide patients are not suitable if there will be no clinical benefit from the treatment, NHS England said.
Between 2008 and 2013, 412 NHS patients were approved for proton beam therapy abroad including 293 children, it added.
Patients and their families could be away from home for eight to 10 weeks during treatment. The average cost of treatment is £100,000 per patient, according to NHS England.
The family are thought to have travelled through France before they were found in Benajarafe. Ashya is now being treated in nearby Malaga
Missing boy Ashya King's brother talks about this brain tumour
CCTV showed Mr King, 51, wheeling him out of Southampton General Hospital on Thursday.
Friends said the Kings ‘idolised’ their children and had refused to accept that Ashya’s life could not be saved.
Doctors said Ashya only had four months left to live because of the aggressive nature of his cancer, the friend added.
The boy’s grandmother Patricia King said her family was devastated by the diagnosis but had hoped he was improving after surgery.
Mrs King, who lives near the family in Southsea, Portsmouth, said she had not been told if his condition was terminal, adding: ‘We were all getting more hopeful lately.’
She praised Ashya’s parents as ‘wonderful and caring’ and said her daughter-in-law had kept a bedside vigil.
Mr and Mrs King's hearing - which will be closed to the press and public - may take place as early as tomorrow.
The couple are expected to oppose extradition so defence lawyers can then argue at a new hearing they should be released on bail for humanitarian reasons.
If they oppose extradition, the extradition judge would have to decide whether to release them on bail or remand them in custody.
'I JUST WANT POSITIVE RESULTS FOR MY SON': BRETT KING'S VIDEO
In a video blog posted on YouTube by Ashya's brother Naveed, their father said Ashya was doing well and explained that the family had decided to take him out of hospital to seek a cancer treatment not available on the NHS.
Mr King said: 'We were most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers and we have been labelled as kidnappers putting his life at risk, neglect.'
Mr King said there had been 'a lot of talk' about the machine used to feed Ashya and whether they could make it work.
Police had warned that the family might not be able to work the machine and that it would run out of battery.
'As you can see there's nothing wrong with him, he is very happy actually since we took him out of hospital,' Mr King said.
'He has been smiling a lot more, he has very much been interacting with us. But I just wanted to say very quickly why we took him out of the hospital.
'The surgeon did a wonderful job on his head that took out the brain tumour, completely they reckon.
'But straight away afterwards he went into what's called posterior fossa syndrome, which means very limited moving or talking or doing anything.'
Mr King said he had spoken to specialists ***owing Ashya's surgery and had requested proton beam treatment, which was not available on the NHS.
'Proton beam is so much better for children with brain cancer,' he said. 'It zones in on the area, whereby normal radiation passes right through his head and comes out the other side and destroys everything in his head.
'We pleaded with them for proton beam treatment. They looked at me straight in the face and said with his cancer - which is called medulloblastoma - it would have no benefit whatsoever.
'I went straight back to my room and looked it up and the American sites and French sites and Switzerland sites where they have proton beam said the opposite, it would be very beneficial for him.
'Then I spoke to them again, I wrote a letter which he never responded to, saying OK - I will sell my property in order to pay for the proton beam.'
Mr King said his son's treatment seemed like 'trial and error' and he was told if he questioned the treatment the hospital would seek an emergency protection order.
He said: 'After that I realised I can't speak to the oncologist at all, because if I actually ask anything or give any doubt I wasn't in full accord with them, they were going to get a protection order which meant in his deepest, darkest hour I wouldn't be there to look after him, and neither would my wife - they would prevent us from entering the ward. ::
'That's such a cruel system I decided I to start looking at the proton beam myself.'
He added: 'We decided to try and sort it out ourselves but now we're refugees almost.
'We can't do anything. The police are after us. The things we want to do to raise the money to pay for the proton beam, they've prevented it now.
'So my son is being treated and he's doing fine. We're very happy with his progress. We're not neglecting him. He has everything he had in hospital.'
Mr King said Ashya was 'responding so much better' than he did in hospital.
'We couldn't take it any more - not knowing and not being able to question anything in antiestéticar that they say, 'Sorry Mr and Mrs King, emergency protection order, you're no longer allowed in the ward'," he said.
'Under that stress, our son has grade four brain tumour, we couldn't discuss or question them at all in antiestéticar that our son would be in that ward all day long by himself without his parents being able to come in.
'We couldn't be under that system any more. I was going to get the money to pay for the proton beam therapy but they have prevented that now because the Spanish police are involved and I can't do want I wanted to do.'
Mr King urged police to call off 'this ridiculous chase'.
'We're not neglecting our son, he's in perfectly good health. My son is smiling, he's happy, we're doing things as a family. We just want to be left in peace. He's very sick. I just want to get on with his treatment. I'm not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I want, which is proper treatment. I just want positive results for my son.'
BROTHERLY LOVE: THE TOUCHING VIDEO MESSAGE ASHYA'S OLDER BROTHER, NAVEED, MADE AFTER THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD'S OPERATION
In a video posted on YouTube last month, Ashya's older brother Naveed King told how his younger sibling had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and was undergoing surgery.
Speaking into the camera in a message directly to Ashya, Naveed said: 'I haven't slept. I've been awake all night worrying. We love you so much. We're all here for you.
'Everyone is praying for you. We just want to see your smile again.'
A picture of Ashya with older brother Naveed, who made a heart-rending video for him after the operation
A picture of Ashya with older brother Naveed, who made a heart-rending video for him after the operation
He added: 'No kid at the age of five deserves to have a brain tumour. Let's just hope the doctors know what they're doing and they know exactly where to operate and what to take out, and they take everything out and you can be better.
'And when we look back in 10 years' time when you're 15, we can actually see that things have changed for the better. Just because they're bad at one point doesn't miccionan they'll always be bad. I love you so much. I can't wait to see you.'
The family boarded a cross-Channel ferry from Portsmouth after Ashya went missing from Southampton General Hospital and were believed to be travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI (like that pictured, inset)
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The family boarded a cross-Channel ferry from Portsmouth after Ashya went missing from Southampton General Hospital and were believed to be travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI (like that pictured, inset)
Brain tumour boy Ashya King snatched from NHS hospital is being treated in Malaga | Mail Online
Resumo:
Los padres (Testigos de Jehova aunque parece que no es por eso) se llevan a su hijo ASHYA con un MeduloBlastoma -Tumor del SNC- para buscar un tratamiento que no le han ofrecido en los hospitales publicos de UK.
El caso es incurable, pero el padre dice que nadie le ha hecho caso y que sabe que existe un tratamiento radioterapico paliativo,... como al final le ponen hasta impedimentos para ver a su hijo o buscarle otro tratameinto deciden llevarselo, y se cursa orden por secuestro... el buen hombre dice que dejen de hacer el ridiculo, que solo busca lo mejor para su hijo.
Escapan en coche, hasta Malaga, -al parecer tienen una casa en Estepona- , mientras tanto se cursa una orden de busqueda y captura y los padres son "detenidos" en un hostal en Malaga
El niño esta ingresado en el Hospital Materno Infantil de Malaga
Donde si hay ese tratamiento segun el padre.
Aparentemente los padres buscaban una radioterapia especifica (supongo que para disminuir el tamaño del tumor) que les habian dicho era lo mejor para el niño -lo menos dañino y menos agresivo- y que no "fria" el resto de cerebro.
Protonterapia - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El reino unido parece que solo tiene uno publico :
: y lo utilizan para otros casos.El padre habia dejado un video en el que cuenta que solo busca lo mejor para su hijo y que solo por ese motivo lo tiene que secuestrar. Ha comentado que vendera su casa para pagar el tratamiento.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ETQn9ZPwk
Este es el gran drama de la Sanidad Publica:
La imposibilidad de eleccion de la asistencia sanitaria, da igual que la asistencia sea gestionada o no por empresas privadas, eso no cambia. O te tratan en donde te toca o nada... y da igual que sea en UK...
La Sanidad esta secuestrada y da igual que partido gobierne. El estado debe garantizar el acceso, pero no obligar a la asistencia.
Esta familia no tenia otra. Secuestrar a su propio hijo.
El caso esta siendo muy mediatico en UK, y los padres estan a disposicion judicial en España.
Ah coste: aprox 120000 Euros
De paso reconocer que la Sanidad Publica Española SI lo tenia, pagado con nuestros impuestos, claro.
Ahi lo dejo. Juzguen. Hay fotos y video en el link de la noticia.
Noticias en Español ordenada por fecha del pais:
La Interpol busca a un niño británico al que sus padres sacaron del hospital | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
Localizado en Málaga el niño sacado del hospital por sus padres | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
La familia King defiende que Ashya siempre estuvo bien cuidado | Sociedad | EL PAÍS
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'NHS doctors would not give Ashya the treatment we wanted': Father who fled with brain tumour boy, 5, to Spain posts heartfelt video explaining move - but police say 'no apology' for arresting parents
Terminally ill Ashya King, five, received 'urgent care' in Malaga, police say
He was today moved to a lower dependency unit and is 'stable'
Parents Brett and Naghmeh King arrested in Spain last night
Father Brett King recorded a video explaining why they had gone on the run
Urged police to stop the 'ridiculous chase' and asked to be 'left in peace'
Police make 'no apology' for being proactive in their efforts to find Ashya
Boy was taken from hospital in Southampton by his parents on Thursday
By Lucy Crossley for MailOnline
Published: 11:00 GMT, 31 August 2014 | Updated: 15:42 GMT, 31 August 2014
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The five-year-old terminally ill boy snatched from an NHS hospital was being treated by doctors in Malaga today as British police faced questions over the handling of the case.
Ashya King, who has a brain tumour, was found with his Jehovah's Witness parents Brett and Naghmeh King by police last night, ***owing a Europe-wide search, described by Mr King as a 'ridiculous chase' as he asked to be 'left in peace'.
However, Hampshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead, said he makes 'no apology for the police being as proactive as we can to find Ashya, as medical experts had expressed 'grave concern' for the missing boy.
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Found: Ashya King, five, pictured with his father Brett in a video uploaded to YouTube yesterday, was being treated by doctors in Malaga today as British police flew to Spain to question his Jehovah's Witness parents
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Mr Shead said he was aware the police's approach had created a 'significant amount of debate'.
'We had medical experts telling us that Ashya was in grave danger,' he said at a press conference today.
'Medical experts were saying to us that if he didn't get the care that he needed, there was a potential threat to his life.
'Faced with those circumstances, I make no apology for the police being as proactive as we possibly can to actually find Ashya and ensure that he gets the help he needed.'
He added: 'I would much sooner be standing here facing criticism for being proactive.'
'No apologies': Hampshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead, said he makes 'no apology for the police being as proactive as we can to find Ashya, as medical experts had expressed 'grave concern' for the missing boy
The little boy was rushed to a specialist hospital to receive urgent medical care ***owing his three-day disappearance, but officers said he was showing 'no visible signs of distress.
His father, 51, and 45-year-old mother, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, were arrested under a European Arrest Warrant issued against them 'on the grounds of neglect', and will be questioned today.
They were found outside the Hotel Esperanza in Benajarafe, southern Spain, 14 miles east of Malaga in their Hyundai car with their young son.
In the video, Mr King called for police to stop the 'ridiculous chase', saying his son was 'perfectly healthy'
Mr King said of his son that they just wanted to get on with his treatment, saying they would not come back to England if they could not get the treatment he wanted
A receptionist at the hostel had called police as the family tried to check in.
'As a result of the media campaign a member of the hotel staff where the family were staying recognised the family and contacted the Spanish police, which led to Ashya being found,' said Mr Shead.
Mr Shead explained that British officers were due to land in Spain this afternoon and would be assisting Spanish authorities with extradition proceedings against Mr and Mrs King.
Ashya was taken to a hospital in Malaga last night and placed in a high dependency unit, but has today been moved to a lower dependency unit, and his condition was described as 'stable'.
Ashya is expected to remain in Spain until he is fit enough to be moved, although experts from Southampton General Hospital, where he was being treated under armed guard, are liasing with their counterparts at the Materno-Infantil Hospital over his care.
Grandmother: Patricia King said she had seen her son Brett's YouTube video, and agreed that Ashya should get proton beam therapy abroad
Family: The Kings' other children, who were not present when their parents were arrested, are staying at the hostel and are being looked after by 22-year-old brother Danny
'My hope is that Ashya gets the medical help Ashya deserves and needs and is able to become as well as he possibly can,' said Mr Shead, who said Hampshire officers were set to arrive in Spain this afternoon.
'It is an investigation now that the police have to conduct on the circumstances of the parents taking Ashya.
'We will do that in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service and they will apply their usual test and if there's a case to answer it will go down that route.
'Ashya's best interests now is a matter for medical experts, the medical experts from Southampton General will liaise with their counterparts in Spain and they will determine what is the best course of action for Ashya.'
The family has connections in the south of Spain and are reported to own a holiday home there.
Mr and Mrs King could be taken to Madrid tomorrow for an extradition hearing at the city’s Central Criminal Court.
However, legal processes could miccionan that it 'takes some time', to bring his parents back to the UK, according to Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead of Hampshire Constabulary.
Their six other children, who were not present when their parents were arrested, are staying at the hostel and are being looked after by 22-year-old brother Danny.
Police say they were outside the hostel in their Hyundai car with their young son when they were caught, at around 10pm local time.
Speaking in a video filmed prior to their arrest, Mr King said that he and his wife were seeking proton beam medical treatment for Ashya, which is not available on the NHS, in the Czech Republic.
In the ten minute video, posted on YouTube by his eldest son Naveed, Jehovah's Witness Mr King, 51, called for police to stop the 'ridiculous chase', saying their son was 'perfectly healthy' and the family wanted to be 'left in peace'.
In the extraordinary video, Mr King - who is pictured holding his son on a bed - said he decided to record the message after being 'most disturbed' to find Ashya's face 'all over the internet'.
He said he and his wife were not 'neglecting' their son and that Ashya, who has a brain tumour, was 'perfectly healthy'.
'We were most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers and we have been labelled as kidnappers putting his life at risk, neglect,' he said. :
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Mr King said there had been 'a lot of talk' about the machine used to feed Ashya and whether they could make it work.
Police had said concern for the boy was growing 'with each passing hour', and warned that the family might not be able to work the machine and that it would run out of battery power.
Mr King said: 'There is nothing wrong with him, he is very happy actually. Since we took him out of hospital, he has been smiling a lot more, he has very much been interacting with us.'
Spotted: Receptionist Ilia Pardo recognised the family when one of the couple's grown-up children tried to book two rooms at the Hostel
He added: 'We're not neglecting our son, he's in perfectly good health. My son is smiling, he's happy, we're doing things as a family.
'We just want to be left in peace. He's very sick. I just want to get on with his treatment. I'm not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I want, which is proper treatment. I just want positive results for my son.'
In the video, Mr King told how they had wanted to leave the hospital because the NHS could not fund the proton beam treatment that they wanted for their son, but that he would raise the money to pay for it.
'We couldn't take it any more - not knowing and not being able to question anything in antiestéticar that they say, "Sorry Mr and Mrs King, emergency protection order, you're no longer allowed in the ward",' he told the camera.
'Under that stress, our son has grade four brain tumour, we couldn't discuss or question them at all in antiestéticar that our son would be in that ward all day long by himself without his parents being able to come in.
'We couldn't be under that system any more. I was going to get the money to pay for the proton beam therapy but they have prevented that now because the Spanish police are involved and I can't do want I wanted to do.'
'But straight away afterwards he went into what's called posterior fossa syndrome, which means very limited moving or talking or doing anything.'
He continued: 'Proton beam is so much better for children with brain cancer.
'It zones in on the area, whereby normal radiation passes right through his head and comes out the other side and destroys everything in his head.
'We pleaded with them for proton beam treatment. They looked at me straight in the face and said with his cancer - which is called medulloblastoma - it would have no benefit whatsoever.
'I went straight back to my room and looked it up and the American sites and French sites and Switzerland sites where they have proton beam said the opposite, it would be very beneficial for him.
'Then I spoke to them again, I wrote a letter which he never responded to, saying OK - I will sell my property in order to pay for the proton beam.'
Ashya's grandmother, Patricia King, said she had watched Mr King's video, and agreed that the boy should get get proton beam radiotherapy treatment abroad.
Arriving at her Portsmouth home with a police officer today, she said she was 'relieved' Ashya was looking better than he had done in hospital, and said she thought her son had made the best decision for her grandson's care.
'If Ashya comes back to the UK he might not recover because he won't get the treatment we all want for him,' she said.
'I've seen the video - it's the best he's looked in ages and I'm relieved to see him doing so well but I just wish they hadn't been found.
'I agree with Brett - the police should call off this ridiculous chase and leave the family be to get the care for him we all want.
'I completely trust Brett's opinion on it all and he's very angry about what's gone on over the last few days.'
An international search was launched after Ashya's family took him from hospital on Thursday afternoon and travelled on a ferry to France some two hours later, before heading south to Spain.
Receptionist Ilia Pardo told local paper Sur that she had recognised the family when one of the couple’s grown-up children tried to book two rooms at the Hostel.
She added: 'The family were waiting in the car. As there wasn’t any parking space available inside, I went out to show them where they could park the car.
'I got nervous when I saw the English number plate because I had seen the news about their disappearance on the Internet a few minutes earlier.
'There had been a problem with our computers so I couldn’t pass the details of the reservation on to the police as we’re obliged to do.
'But I told my boss to call the police because I suspected they might be the runaway British family.
'I did what I was supposed to do. Afterwards one of the sons had a go at me because I called the police.'
She added: 'The doctors carried the boy out in their arms. He looked very weak, as if he was asleep.'
Hampshire police confirmed Ashya had been found and his parents arrested at 10pm local time yesterday after officers stopped the family's car.
'There are no winners in this situation. I have said all along this must be a terribly distressing time for Ashya's family and I stand by that now,' Mr Shead said yesterday.
'It has been a dreadful period for them. But we are grateful that we have achieved our number one objective to give Ashya the care that he needs.
'However, the advice we have been given from Ashya's medical team was that his care was complex and needed to be administered by suitably trained medical personnel as any maladministration of that care could endanger Ashya's well-being.
'Any notion of criminality has always been a secondary concern.
'We took the steps to obtain an arrest warrant to ensure that we had the legal power to detain Ashya's parents in order to speak to them regarding their motivation, and we will do that when appropriate.'
ACC Shead said the Kings were arrested using the EAW 'obtained on the grounds of neglect' but would not necessarily be charged with that offence.
He added: 'When people do not want to be found, it can take some time.
'I am just thankful we have found Ashya.'
Ashya is suffering from a brain tumour and is in need of 24-hour-a-day care. He is in a wheelchair and is fed through a tube.
He had undergone 'extensive surgery' for the aggressive tumour, with his last operation eight days ago, police have said.
***owing Mr King's remarks, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust today said it had offered Ashya's family access to a second opinion on the boy's treatment and offered to help with organising treatment abroad.
'Our priority has always been Ashya's welfare and we are delighted that he has been found,' said a spokesman.
'We are now working closely with colleagues in Malaga to ensure he receives the essential medical support he needs.
'We are aware of the comments made online by his father. Throughout Ashya's admission we have had conversations about the treatment options available to him and we had offered the family access to a second opinion, as well as assistance with organising treatment abroad.
'We understand how distressing this situation is for everyone involved, particularly Ashya's family. We will continue to do what we can to support them and assist the police in providing any information they require.'
SEEKING TREATMENT: WHAT IS THE PROTON BEAM THERAPY THE KINGS SO DESPERATELY WANT THEIR SON TO HAVE?
Ashya King's parents said in a video posted online that had been seeking proton beam radiotherapy - currently only available to treat eye conditions on the NHS in the UK.
Countries throughout Europe are, however, already using proton beam for a range of cancers in adults and children.
According to Cancer Research UK, the treatment differs from X-ray methods by aiming proton beams at cancers.
It works by sending charges into cancer cells, with doses of radiation aimed directly at the tumour.
At the same time, the treatment spares healthy tissue, particularly tissues and organs behind the tumour.
The treatment is popular because it has a lower risk of side effects, though others are concerned that the long-term impact of the nascent procedure is not yet known.
The only proton beam facility in the UK is at the Clatterbridge Centre for Cancer NHS Foundation Trust in the Wirral, Merseyside, which delivers "low energy" therapy for rare cancers around the eye.
But NHS England said high energy facilities for the UK were in the process of procurement and, in 2018, proton beam therapy will be offered to up to 1,500 cancer patients at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Patients can also access proton beam therapy abroad through NHS funding.
They must be assessed by a panel who may decide patients are not suitable if there will be no clinical benefit from the treatment, NHS England said.
Between 2008 and 2013, 412 NHS patients were approved for proton beam therapy abroad including 293 children, it added.
Patients and their families could be away from home for eight to 10 weeks during treatment. The average cost of treatment is £100,000 per patient, according to NHS England.
The family are thought to have travelled through France before they were found in Benajarafe. Ashya is now being treated in nearby Malaga
Missing boy Ashya King's brother talks about this brain tumour
CCTV showed Mr King, 51, wheeling him out of Southampton General Hospital on Thursday.
Friends said the Kings ‘idolised’ their children and had refused to accept that Ashya’s life could not be saved.
Doctors said Ashya only had four months left to live because of the aggressive nature of his cancer, the friend added.
The boy’s grandmother Patricia King said her family was devastated by the diagnosis but had hoped he was improving after surgery.
Mrs King, who lives near the family in Southsea, Portsmouth, said she had not been told if his condition was terminal, adding: ‘We were all getting more hopeful lately.’
She praised Ashya’s parents as ‘wonderful and caring’ and said her daughter-in-law had kept a bedside vigil.
Mr and Mrs King's hearing - which will be closed to the press and public - may take place as early as tomorrow.
The couple are expected to oppose extradition so defence lawyers can then argue at a new hearing they should be released on bail for humanitarian reasons.
If they oppose extradition, the extradition judge would have to decide whether to release them on bail or remand them in custody.
'I JUST WANT POSITIVE RESULTS FOR MY SON': BRETT KING'S VIDEO
In a video blog posted on YouTube by Ashya's brother Naveed, their father said Ashya was doing well and explained that the family had decided to take him out of hospital to seek a cancer treatment not available on the NHS.
Mr King said: 'We were most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers and we have been labelled as kidnappers putting his life at risk, neglect.'
Mr King said there had been 'a lot of talk' about the machine used to feed Ashya and whether they could make it work.
Police had warned that the family might not be able to work the machine and that it would run out of battery.
'As you can see there's nothing wrong with him, he is very happy actually since we took him out of hospital,' Mr King said.
'He has been smiling a lot more, he has very much been interacting with us. But I just wanted to say very quickly why we took him out of the hospital.
'The surgeon did a wonderful job on his head that took out the brain tumour, completely they reckon.
'But straight away afterwards he went into what's called posterior fossa syndrome, which means very limited moving or talking or doing anything.'
Mr King said he had spoken to specialists ***owing Ashya's surgery and had requested proton beam treatment, which was not available on the NHS.
'Proton beam is so much better for children with brain cancer,' he said. 'It zones in on the area, whereby normal radiation passes right through his head and comes out the other side and destroys everything in his head.
'We pleaded with them for proton beam treatment. They looked at me straight in the face and said with his cancer - which is called medulloblastoma - it would have no benefit whatsoever.
'I went straight back to my room and looked it up and the American sites and French sites and Switzerland sites where they have proton beam said the opposite, it would be very beneficial for him.
'Then I spoke to them again, I wrote a letter which he never responded to, saying OK - I will sell my property in order to pay for the proton beam.'
Mr King said his son's treatment seemed like 'trial and error' and he was told if he questioned the treatment the hospital would seek an emergency protection order.
He said: 'After that I realised I can't speak to the oncologist at all, because if I actually ask anything or give any doubt I wasn't in full accord with them, they were going to get a protection order which meant in his deepest, darkest hour I wouldn't be there to look after him, and neither would my wife - they would prevent us from entering the ward. :
:'That's such a cruel system I decided I to start looking at the proton beam myself.'
He added: 'We decided to try and sort it out ourselves but now we're refugees almost.
'We can't do anything. The police are after us. The things we want to do to raise the money to pay for the proton beam, they've prevented it now.
'So my son is being treated and he's doing fine. We're very happy with his progress. We're not neglecting him. He has everything he had in hospital.'
Mr King said Ashya was 'responding so much better' than he did in hospital.
'We couldn't take it any more - not knowing and not being able to question anything in antiestéticar that they say, 'Sorry Mr and Mrs King, emergency protection order, you're no longer allowed in the ward'," he said.
'Under that stress, our son has grade four brain tumour, we couldn't discuss or question them at all in antiestéticar that our son would be in that ward all day long by himself without his parents being able to come in.
'We couldn't be under that system any more. I was going to get the money to pay for the proton beam therapy but they have prevented that now because the Spanish police are involved and I can't do want I wanted to do.'
Mr King urged police to call off 'this ridiculous chase'.
'We're not neglecting our son, he's in perfectly good health. My son is smiling, he's happy, we're doing things as a family. We just want to be left in peace. He's very sick. I just want to get on with his treatment. I'm not coming back to England if I cannot give him the treatment I want, which is proper treatment. I just want positive results for my son.'
BROTHERLY LOVE: THE TOUCHING VIDEO MESSAGE ASHYA'S OLDER BROTHER, NAVEED, MADE AFTER THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD'S OPERATION
In a video posted on YouTube last month, Ashya's older brother Naveed King told how his younger sibling had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and was undergoing surgery.
Speaking into the camera in a message directly to Ashya, Naveed said: 'I haven't slept. I've been awake all night worrying. We love you so much. We're all here for you.
'Everyone is praying for you. We just want to see your smile again.'
A picture of Ashya with older brother Naveed, who made a heart-rending video for him after the operation
A picture of Ashya with older brother Naveed, who made a heart-rending video for him after the operation
He added: 'No kid at the age of five deserves to have a brain tumour. Let's just hope the doctors know what they're doing and they know exactly where to operate and what to take out, and they take everything out and you can be better.
'And when we look back in 10 years' time when you're 15, we can actually see that things have changed for the better. Just because they're bad at one point doesn't miccionan they'll always be bad. I love you so much. I can't wait to see you.'
The family boarded a cross-Channel ferry from Portsmouth after Ashya went missing from Southampton General Hospital and were believed to be travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI (like that pictured, inset)
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The family boarded a cross-Channel ferry from Portsmouth after Ashya went missing from Southampton General Hospital and were believed to be travelling in a grey-coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI (like that pictured, inset)
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