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| Brain tumour patient Ashya King will receive his final dose of proton beam therapy later, the clinic treating him has said. | Brain tumour patient Ashya King will receive his final dose of proton beam therapy later, the clinic treating him has said. |
| It will be five-year-old Ashya's 30th session at the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague where he has been treated since 15 September. | It will be five-year-old Ashya's 30th session at the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague where he has been treated since 15 September. |
| Ashya will be put under anaesthesia for the last time at 09:30 local time. | Ashya will be put under anaesthesia for the last time at 09:30 local time. |
| His story received global attention in August when he was taken from hospital in Southampton without medical consent. | His story received global attention in August when he was taken from hospital in Southampton without medical consent. |
| Ashya's parents, Brett and Naghemeh King, of Southsea, took him to Spain where they were arrested and held in a prison in Madrid. | Ashya's parents, Brett and Naghemeh King, of Southsea, took him to Spain where they were arrested and held in a prison in Madrid. |
| They had wanted him to have proton beam therapy, which had not been recommended by his former doctors treating him at Southampton General Hospital. The couple were later released from prison, and the NHS agreed to fund his treatment in September. | They had wanted him to have proton beam therapy, which had not been recommended by his former doctors treating him at Southampton General Hospital. The couple were later released from prison, and the NHS agreed to fund his treatment in September. |
| Iva Tatounova, director of the Proton Therapy Centre in the Czech capital, said: "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. He can also react to his surroundings." | |
| What is proton beam therapy? | What is proton beam therapy? |
| Sources: NHS England, Cancer Research UK | Sources: NHS England, Cancer Research UK |