Warning signal: Unaware of an in absentia conviction, South African cancer specialist jailed on return to the United Arab Emirates.

Authors

Philip R Cohen, Dermatalogist, Bellaire, Texas
Razelle Kurzrock, Medical Oncologist, Bellaire TexasFollow
Lawrence Parish, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It is the authors' final version prior to publication in Clinics in Dermatology

Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages: 128-130, Jan 2013

The published version is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.11.001. Copyright © Elsevier Inc.

Abstract

In 2002, Dr. Cyril Karabus, a specialist in pediatric cancers and retired head of the Oncology and Hematology Unit of Red Cross Children's Hospital in Capetown, South Africa, spent a brief locum at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, a hospital in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was there for only 5 weeks, during which time he treated a young girl who died of acute myeloblastic leukemia. After Karabus returned home, the girl's father complained to police about his daughter's death, and Karabus was convicted of murder in absentia. Karabus knew nothing of the charges or of the conviction. Widely respected for his expertise and compassion, Karabus had dedicated his life to treating children with malignancies. In South Africa, he was especially well known for his commitment to saving the lives of black children with cancer during the apartheid era.1

Recommended Citation

Cohen, Philip R; Kurzrock, Razelle; and Parish, Lawrence, "Warning signal: Unaware of an in absentia conviction, South African cancer specialist jailed on return to the United Arab Emirates." (2013). Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers. Paper 12.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/dcbfp/12

PubMed ID

23245984