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| Boy needing urgent cancer surgery vanishes - judge | Boy needing urgent cancer surgery vanishes - judge |
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| A 10-year-old boy who has jaw cancer and needs urgent surgery has vanished, a High Court judge has said. | A 10-year-old boy who has jaw cancer and needs urgent surgery has vanished, a High Court judge has said. |
| Mr Justice Mostyn said the boy, who has not been identified, is Polish and could be in Poland with his parents, whom he urged to comply with doctors. | Mr Justice Mostyn said the boy, who has not been identified, is Polish and could be in Poland with his parents, whom he urged to comply with doctors. |
| Details of the case emerged in a ruling following hearings in the Family Division of the High Court in London. | Details of the case emerged in a ruling following hearings in the Family Division of the High Court in London. |
| A doctor has told the judge the boy will die a "brutal and agonising death" if a tumour is not removed "very soon". | A doctor has told the judge the boy will die a "brutal and agonising death" if a tumour is not removed "very soon". |
| Surgery request | |
| Mr Justice Mostyn said the boy, who had lived in England with his parents for two years, was at risk of "serious harm" and the risk was growing each day. | Mr Justice Mostyn said the boy, who had lived in England with his parents for two years, was at risk of "serious harm" and the risk was growing each day. |
| An NHS trust with responsibility for the boy's care had asked the judge to rule that specialists could perform surgery. | |
| The boy's parents preferred to treat him with "Chinese medicine", doctors said. | |
| The judge said there was evidence the boy had left his home with his mother two weeks ago, and that the boy's father had boarded a ferry bound for France in the past few days. | The judge said there was evidence the boy had left his home with his mother two weeks ago, and that the boy's father had boarded a ferry bound for France in the past few days. |
| 'Given chance' | |
| Mr Justice Mostyn stated: "I give full weight to the wishes of (the boy) as well as those of his parents. | |
| "It is a strong thing for me, a stranger, to disagree with and override the wishes of (the boy) and his parents. | |
| "But I have absolutely no doubt that (the boy) must be given the chance, a very good chance, of a long and fulfilling life rather than suffering, quite soon, a ghastly, agonising, death." | |
| Mr Justice Mostyn said he had made an order saying efforts should be made to find the boy. | Mr Justice Mostyn said he had made an order saying efforts should be made to find the boy. |
| The Polish embassy in London was being alerted, he added. | The Polish embassy in London was being alerted, he added. |
| The judge referred to the boy and his parents by initials only and did not name the NHS trust. |