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Ashya King - An Interesting Story
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Anybody read this today? Bit different from some of the more alarmist articles there have been out there in recent days.
http:// www.ind ependen t.co.uk /voices /commen t/ashya -king-t his-sto ry-isnt -quite- what-it -seems- 9716486 .html
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm not sure it is. They seem to be arguing against things that haven't been said. I don't remember seeing that he was terminally ill. I saw there was around 70% chance of recovery, that the family went to Spain to sell their apartment for funds and that Southampton threatened them with a Court order for asking too many questions. They,also suggested they were helping the family look abroad. That makes no sense, as they wouldn't have needed to leave, if it were true. Whichever way, the hospital have either been unhelpful at best, bullying at worst and if they are being truthful, why did they totally fail to communicate it to the parents.
The parents are concerned for their son- the hospital for their reputation, imo.
The parents are concerned for their son- the hospital for their reputation, imo.
// even the most loving parents will sometimes make bad decisions in moments of extreme stress. //
He will receive the Proton Beam Treatment in the next couple of days, so it doesn't look like it was a bad decission.
// But the fact that his parents belong to a millennial religious cult...suggests that they might not be entirely open to rational argument. //
No it doesn't. Their religious views had nothing to do with them not wanting conventional radiotherapy for Ashya. The PBT centre in Prague say he IS suitable for treatment, so the rational argument is at least contradicted between two sets of doctors.
Only time will tell if the parents made the right decission.
He will receive the Proton Beam Treatment in the next couple of days, so it doesn't look like it was a bad decission.
// But the fact that his parents belong to a millennial religious cult...suggests that they might not be entirely open to rational argument. //
No it doesn't. Their religious views had nothing to do with them not wanting conventional radiotherapy for Ashya. The PBT centre in Prague say he IS suitable for treatment, so the rational argument is at least contradicted between two sets of doctors.
Only time will tell if the parents made the right decission.
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there is one interesting bit which makes me doubt this journalist. she states " it was " widely reported" that the Kings are Jehovah's witnesses, then in the next sentence its now a "fact" that the Kings are Jehovah's witnesses. now many things get widely reported but it doesn't make them facts!
Slippery journalese at its best!
Slippery journalese at its best!
This morning viewers were taken around the Proton Beam Unit in Prague, by Sky T.V
I have to say that i was not impressed and would take quite a bit of persuading to allow one of my children to be treated there.
That is not my idea of high tech and it reminded me of the NHS units of the 50;s and 60's and particularly of the Heath Robinson.
I may be doing the unit an injustice and it this is the case then I apologise.
It would not be the choice of the sqad family.
I have to say that i was not impressed and would take quite a bit of persuading to allow one of my children to be treated there.
That is not my idea of high tech and it reminded me of the NHS units of the 50;s and 60's and particularly of the Heath Robinson.
I may be doing the unit an injustice and it this is the case then I apologise.
It would not be the choice of the sqad family.
Pixie,
// There is nothing to compare it to and no way of knowing what would have happened if he had stayed in Southampton. //
If the boy makes a full recovery after PBT then no harm will have been done by the parents. The boy may have recovered the same in Southampton just the same, but that is irrelevant.
// There is nothing to compare it to and no way of knowing what would have happened if he had stayed in Southampton. //
If the boy makes a full recovery after PBT then no harm will have been done by the parents. The boy may have recovered the same in Southampton just the same, but that is irrelevant.
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