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Ashya King in 'perfect condition' for Prague treatment | |
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Ashya King is in a "perfect condition" to travel to Prague for specialist treatment, the family lawyer has said. | |
The boy's family has met medics to discuss plans for him to be sent from Malaga to the Czech Republic for Proton Beam Therapy treatment. | |
The Proton Therapy Centre has arranged for a medically-equipped private plane to take Ashya, five, from Spain. | |
Doctors in Prague are to meet on Monday to review Ashya's medical notes and decide whether he can travel. | |
The family's lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz, said: "He is in perfect condition to travel at the moment. | |
"He is playing with toys, with his parents, with his brother, and we are preparing the last documentation to travel." | |
New treatment plan | |
Doctors in Malaga have now seen documents showing the Prague clinic has accepted the five-year-old as a patient. | |
An expert panel of physicians have agreed to discuss the transportation details and additional treatment needed on Monday at 08:00 BST. | |
Parents Brett and Naghemeh King were given permission by the High Court to take him to the Czech Republic for Proton Beam Therapy. | Parents Brett and Naghemeh King were given permission by the High Court to take him to the Czech Republic for Proton Beam Therapy. |
The Proton Therapy Centre in Prague said it would be ready to treat Ashya four to five days days after they have carried out further tests and adapted a new treatment plan. | |
A spokeswoman for the clinic said legal and administrative requirements first had to be met. | A spokeswoman for the clinic said legal and administrative requirements first had to be met. |
Ashya's grandmother, Patricia King, has meanwhile condemned the way his parents have been treated by the British authorities as "inhuman" and "barbaric". | Ashya's grandmother, Patricia King, has meanwhile condemned the way his parents have been treated by the British authorities as "inhuman" and "barbaric". |