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WA cancer battle boy dies in mother's arms

Oshin Kiszko's mother says he died peacefully as she cuddled him, no longer having to suffer his cancer nightmare.

Oshin Kiszko was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in 2015.
Oshin Kiszko. Image via Oceans of Hope Source: Facebook

Oshin Kiszko, the six-year-old Perth boy at the centre of a court battle over treatment of his brain cancer, has died in his mother's arms.

Oshin was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour last year, but his parents Angela Kiszko and Adrian Strachan opposed the treatment recommended by doctors due to severe side effects.

In September a judge ruled Oshin should move to palliative care and not be forced to undergo radiotherapy, after a court order in March had forced him to receive chemotherapy.

Oshin died on Wednesday morning.

His mother released a statement to 7 News in Perth saying: "My love Oshin took his last breaths peacefully as I lay cuddling him at 2am this morning.

"Oshin's journey has been extraordinarily traumatising for him and I am grateful he no long needs to suffer through this nightmare."


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