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24/10/2014
Ashya King's Condition Improves
Brain cancer sufferer Ashya King is to complete his last sessions of proton therapy after his condition improved.
The five-year-old is being treated at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague.
Ashya's parents sparked controversy after they took him out of a hospital in Southampton without permission.
Iva Tatounova, director of the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in the Czech capital, told Sky News: "He has been very well and we are expecting him today for his last day of proton therapy.
"I don't know if you remember the pictures when he was transported here – just lying on his bed in the ambulance.
"Now he can sit on his own, he can play with the toys and his motorics improved dramatically. He can also react to his surroundings."
(CD/JP)
The five-year-old is being treated at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague.
Ashya's parents sparked controversy after they took him out of a hospital in Southampton without permission.
Iva Tatounova, director of the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in the Czech capital, told Sky News: "He has been very well and we are expecting him today for his last day of proton therapy.
"I don't know if you remember the pictures when he was transported here – just lying on his bed in the ambulance.
"Now he can sit on his own, he can play with the toys and his motorics improved dramatically. He can also react to his surroundings."
(CD/JP)
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