Member of Parliament (MP) for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) Sylvia Lim was invited as the Guest of Honour to open the 4th Congress of the Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (PACTRIMS) on Sunday 28 August 2011 (Sunday) at the Raffles City Convention Centre.
More than 200 doctors and scientists, as well as sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis, attended the congress. In her remarks, she noted the value of PACTRIMS in promoting greater awareness and an exchange of data and ideas for better treatment of MS. She also joined patients in a session with experts to better understand the plight of those suffering from this disease which disproportionately affected women and had effects on vision, the spine and the central nervous system. Link
