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| Police search for boy taken from Southampton hospital ward | Police search for boy taken from Southampton hospital ward |
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| Police have launched a "major investigation" to find a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour, who was taken without consent from Southampton General Hospital by his parents. | Police have launched a "major investigation" to find a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour, who was taken without consent from Southampton General Hospital by his parents. |
| Hampshire Constabulary said Ashya King needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life. | Hampshire Constabulary said Ashya King needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life. |
| It is believed his parents boarded a cross-Channel ferry from Portsmouth to Cherbourg at 16:00 BST on Thursday. | |
| Police said he cannot communicate verbally and is immobile. | |
| They said he is likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy and there are "serious concerns for his life" if he is not found today. | |
| It is believed Ashya, who recently had surgery, is still in France with his parents and six siblings after arriving there at 20:00 local time last night. | |
| He was removed from the hospital by his parents, 51-year-old Brett King and 45-year-old Naghemeh King, at 14:00 BST on Thursday. | |
| Police are working with counterparts in France to activate their emergency child rescue alert procedures to find the family as soon as possible. | |
| They were travelling in a grey coloured Hyundai I800 Style CRDI, registration KP60 HWK. | |
| Det Supt Dick Pearson, of Hampshire Constabulary, said: "If we do not locate Ashya today there are serious concerns for his life. | |
| "He is receiving constant medical care within the UK due to recent surgery and ongoing medical issues. Without this specialist 24 hour care, Ashya is at risk of additional health complications which place him at substantial risk. | |
| "He needs to be taken to a medical facility for his urgent health requirements as soon as he is located." | |
| Police have launched a social media appeal and are urging people to share it, particularly with friends or relatives in France and bordering countries. |