Cutting the World Lupus Day 2009 cake – from left, Dr Yeap Swan Sim (Vice President, PSLEM), YBhg Datin Dr Rugayah bt Haji Bakri (Deputy Director, Medical Development Division, Ministry of Health), and Dr Heselynn Hussein (immediate past President, PSLEM)
Dr Yeap presenting the World Lupus Day 2009 proclamation to YBhg Datin Dr Rugayah bt Haji Bakri
Dr Heselynn and YBhg Datin Dr Rugayah bt Haji Bakri having a word with Farha Ibrahim (in yellow tudung). 26-year-old Farha, who was diagnosed with lupus at 11, is now a mother of two lovely, healthy children. Her lupus story is the subject of the children’s novel Pelangi, which was available in conjunction with World Lupus Day 2009.
Special band performance which included two songs to commemorate World Lupus Day 2009 and also Mother’s Day