Doctors welcome Karabus ruling
2013-03-22 13:13
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Johannesburg - Doctors have welcomed a ruling that Professor
Cyril Karabus is not to blame for the death of a 3-year-old cancer patient in
his care.
"The SA Medical Association [Sama], along with the
World Medical Association, have expressed both delight and relief," Sama
said in a statement on Friday.
A United Arab Emirates court acquitted Karabus on
Thursday on charges of manslaughter and falsifying documents.
"[We] commended the efforts of all who supported the
global appeals for justice and restoration of the 77-year-old professor’s right
to freedom over the last seven months," Sama said.
Karabus is an emeritus professor at the University of
Cape Town and a specialist paediatric oncologist.
He was charged and sentenced in absentia.
On 18 August last year he was arrested in Dubai while in
transit to South Africa from Toronto, Canada, where he had attended his son's
wedding.
- SAPA
