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Ashya King's Father Explains His Side
Posted in the other thread but nobody seems to be reading it.
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Gromit, no one in their right mind takes a sick five year old, a week out of brain surgery, out of hospital and across borders in the back of a car in search of alternative medical treatment. What did they intend to do? ------------
08:53 Sun 31st Aug 2014
Gromit, no one in their right mind takes a sick five year old, a week out of brain surgery, out of hospital and across borders in the back of a car in search of alternative medical treatment. What did they intend to do?
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But isn't your first sentence the crux of it? What parent IS in their right mind when faced with this situation with their child? They've their own reasons for wanting the proton beam as opposed to the radiotherapy.
If the fathers claims are correct then why hasn't the consultant had at least the common decency to respond to his letter and discuss it with him?
Either way this poor child now becomes a cause célèbre and I've no doubt that donations or a private benefactor will hopefully mean he gets his shot at the beam. If it fails and matters take their course then his parents can lay him to rest with the knowledge and comfort of knowing they did their utmost for him.
However it all pans out they ought not be pilloried for their actions.
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But isn't your first sentence the crux of it? What parent IS in their right mind when faced with this situation with their child? They've their own reasons for wanting the proton beam as opposed to the radiotherapy.
If the fathers claims are correct then why hasn't the consultant had at least the common decency to respond to his letter and discuss it with him?
Either way this poor child now becomes a cause célèbre and I've no doubt that donations or a private benefactor will hopefully mean he gets his shot at the beam. If it fails and matters take their course then his parents can lay him to rest with the knowledge and comfort of knowing they did their utmost for him.
However it all pans out they ought not be pilloried for their actions.
"Officers have stressed that their "total focus" is on finding Ashya and his parents are not under criminal investigation" / "Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed that Ashya's parents have been arrested and taken to a local police station".... so how does that work?
I wouldn't be surprised if this was instigated by the UK police because that is the underhand way the British police FORCE works.
More importantly I wonder if the authorities have allowed the parents to pursue their wish to let Ashya have the proton beam treatment.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was instigated by the UK police because that is the underhand way the British police FORCE works.
More importantly I wonder if the authorities have allowed the parents to pursue their wish to let Ashya have the proton beam treatment.
Answerprancer...just what were the Hampshire Police supposed to do then ?
A dangerously ill child has been taken from a Hospital, without the knowledge of the authorities, and whisked abroad. He now appears to be in Hospital again, where he needs to be. We have discussed the agony that his parents have gone through in this affair and most of us have expressed sympathy with the situation.
Should the Hampshire Police has just ignored this then ? There are few here on AB more critical with our Police than me, when they have beggared things up. But in this circumstance, they appear to have swiftly and decisively. What is "underhand" about this ? Can't understand your condemnation at all.
A dangerously ill child has been taken from a Hospital, without the knowledge of the authorities, and whisked abroad. He now appears to be in Hospital again, where he needs to be. We have discussed the agony that his parents have gone through in this affair and most of us have expressed sympathy with the situation.
Should the Hampshire Police has just ignored this then ? There are few here on AB more critical with our Police than me, when they have beggared things up. But in this circumstance, they appear to have swiftly and decisively. What is "underhand" about this ? Can't understand your condemnation at all.
Hi Mikey, I thought that bit of quoted text explained it: on the one hand they are making out that the parents aren't under "criminal investigation" then on the other hand there they are being arrested.
What were the Hampshire police supposed to do? tbh I don't know, all I see is a parent who is understandably worried and feels he is being let down by our health service so is going elsewhere for help THAT shouldn't be treated as criminal IMO.
What were the Hampshire police supposed to do? tbh I don't know, all I see is a parent who is understandably worried and feels he is being let down by our health service so is going elsewhere for help THAT shouldn't be treated as criminal IMO.
Answerprancer...I have no wish to get into pedantic discussions over language but the parents have not been treated like criminals. Perhaps the only way to ensure that this little lad is back in Hospital, was to arrest the parents. Should the Spanish Police have just asked the parents nicely and when they refused, have them drive off and Ashya die in a lay-by somewhere ? The Spanish Police have acted in exactly the same way the British would under the same circumstances.
Surely he is better off in a Spanish Hospital, rather than driving around Europe in a car, or holed up in a Hotel ? The child must be the first concern here.
Surely he is better off in a Spanish Hospital, rather than driving around Europe in a car, or holed up in a Hotel ? The child must be the first concern here.
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