Family ‘afraid to complain’ in case they put Ashya into care

The father of Ashya King has claimed the family felt unable to tell UK doctors their feelings because they feared he would be taken into care.

Brett King told the Daily Mirror doctors at Southampton General Hospital told him they would “take my son away” if he questioned them over the five-year-old’s treatment for brain cancer.

It comes as the chief executive of the hospital trust which runs the hospital revealed staff in its oncology unit had received abuse from members of the public and their phone lines had been “overwhelmed” with calls.