A MEETING to discuss whether seriously ill five-year-old Ashya King is fit to travel to the Czech Republic for cancer treatment not available on the NHS will be held by specialists tomorrow morning.
The Proton Therapy Centre in Prague has said documentation from the hospital at Malaga in Spain where Ashya is currently being treated for cancer after his parents took him from Southampton General Hospital without the permission of doctors, will be reviewed before the child can travel.
The therapy centre's director of strategy, Iva Tatounova, said no decisions will be taken before the meeting.
''Monday morning at 8 o'clock, in Motol Hospital, the best doctors and oncologic paediatricians will sit down to review this document, and therefore will be able to say, yes, he's capable of travelling to Prague,'' she said.
''We have to follow the standard procedures, which, if he comes on Monday night or Tuesday night or even Wednesday night, this doesn't make any harm to him, and the family can feel OK.
''Proton therapy will be part of his treatment. If he receives chemotherapy or not, this decision has to be made by Motol clinical oncologists, we don't do chemotherapy here.''
The hospital has arranged a private medical jet fitted with appropriate equipment to transport the boy from Spain.
Ashya's parents Brett and Naghmeh King, from Southsea, were arrested and held in custody after British police raised the alarm when they took their son from hospital on August 28. They were released when prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant in the wake of a public outcry.
Portsmouth City Council, which has responsibilities for Ashya's welfare, launched family court litigation - asking for directions about the youngster's treatment.
Mr Justice Baker began analysing issues surrounding Ashya's treatment at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court on Tuesday. The judge was told Mr and Mrs King wanted their son to receive proton beam radiotherapy.
The judge said in his order, released on Friday, that Ashya could be taken to the Czech Republic. He said he had been told specialists there had considered a treatment plan.
Southern Malaga's Children's and Maternity Hospital has said Ashya is in a stable condition, and that a flight to Prague would not pose a problem to his health.
Family lawyer Juan Isidro Fernandez Diaz told reporters the boy was ''in perfect condition to travel'', and was playing with toys and his parents and brother yesterday.
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