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| LONDON — The wrenching tale of a British boy with a brain tumor and his parents, who were arrested after fleeing the country with him to seek treatment abroad, entered a new phase on Monday as the parents attended an extradition hearing in Madrid and refused to return to Britain. | LONDON — The wrenching tale of a British boy with a brain tumor and his parents, who were arrested after fleeing the country with him to seek treatment abroad, entered a new phase on Monday as the parents attended an extradition hearing in Madrid and refused to return to Britain. |
| At the hearing, the judge ordered Brett King, 51, and his wife, Naghemeh, 45, back into custody for a maximum of 72 hours pending further examination of their case, as well as a report from the hospital in Málaga, Spain, where their 5-year-old son, Ashya, is being treated, according to reports in the Spanish news media, citing unnamed judicial sources. | At the hearing, the judge ordered Brett King, 51, and his wife, Naghemeh, 45, back into custody for a maximum of 72 hours pending further examination of their case, as well as a report from the hospital in Málaga, Spain, where their 5-year-old son, Ashya, is being treated, according to reports in the Spanish news media, citing unnamed judicial sources. |
| After being told that Ashya would not benefit from proton beam radiation therapy — a cancer treatment not available to brain tumor patients in Britain but sometimes paid for by the National Health Service abroad — the Kings took their son out of the hospital against doctors’ orders on Thursday. They left the country later that day, taking Ashya and his six siblings along. | After being told that Ashya would not benefit from proton beam radiation therapy — a cancer treatment not available to brain tumor patients in Britain but sometimes paid for by the National Health Service abroad — the Kings took their son out of the hospital against doctors’ orders on Thursday. They left the country later that day, taking Ashya and his six siblings along. |
| A European arrest warrant was then issued by the British police, on the grounds of parental neglect. Ashya relies on the attention of medical specialists and there was concern that his removal from the hospital could put his health or even his life at risk. The family was arrested near Málaga on Saturday. Before the arrest, in a YouTube video of himself and Ashya, Mr. King denounced the police hunt as “ridiculous.” | |
| He said the family believed that proton beam treatment, despite what British doctors had told him, was the best available treatment for his son’s condition, a cancer known as medulloblastoma. They went to Spain, Mr. King said, to sell an apartment they owned there in order to raise money for the treatment in the Czech Republic. | He said the family believed that proton beam treatment, despite what British doctors had told him, was the best available treatment for his son’s condition, a cancer known as medulloblastoma. They went to Spain, Mr. King said, to sell an apartment they owned there in order to raise money for the treatment in the Czech Republic. |
| Mr. King said that the treatment his son had received in Southampton had seemed to him like “trial and error,” and that proton beam treatment, which targets brain tumors more directly than general radiation therapy, was recommended for this type of cancer on American, French and Swiss medical websites. | Mr. King said that the treatment his son had received in Southampton had seemed to him like “trial and error,” and that proton beam treatment, which targets brain tumors more directly than general radiation therapy, was recommended for this type of cancer on American, French and Swiss medical websites. |
| Reacting to the video, University Hospital Southampton said it had offered the family a second opinion and, if warranted, help with seeking treatment abroad. A spokeswoman for the National Health Service said, “Where doctors recommend it, the N.H.S. does fund proton beam therapy, including supporting 99 children last year to travel abroad for treatment.” | Reacting to the video, University Hospital Southampton said it had offered the family a second opinion and, if warranted, help with seeking treatment abroad. A spokeswoman for the National Health Service said, “Where doctors recommend it, the N.H.S. does fund proton beam therapy, including supporting 99 children last year to travel abroad for treatment.” |
| The proton therapy is available in only one hospital in Britain, the Clatterbridge Cancer Center in Wirral, and only for patients with rare eye cancers. But its use is reportedly being expanded to hospitals in Manchester and London. | The proton therapy is available in only one hospital in Britain, the Clatterbridge Cancer Center in Wirral, and only for patients with rare eye cancers. But its use is reportedly being expanded to hospitals in Manchester and London. |
| After their parents’ arrest, Ashya’s siblings were not allowed to visit their brother in his hospital room in Málaga. But his eldest brother, Danny, 23, told the BBC on Monday that he had been promised access. According to news reports, the hospital said that Ashya was in stable condition and not in danger. | After their parents’ arrest, Ashya’s siblings were not allowed to visit their brother in his hospital room in Málaga. But his eldest brother, Danny, 23, told the BBC on Monday that he had been promised access. According to news reports, the hospital said that Ashya was in stable condition and not in danger. |
| The hearing on Monday in Madrid was not open to the public. The parents have not been charged with any crime under Spanish law. If the British authorities proceed with a formal extradition request, a decision will be made by a different panel of Spanish judges, but most likely not for several weeks. | The hearing on Monday in Madrid was not open to the public. The parents have not been charged with any crime under Spanish law. If the British authorities proceed with a formal extradition request, a decision will be made by a different panel of Spanish judges, but most likely not for several weeks. |