Press Release

UST features patients, doctors in musicale, art exhibit

Seeking to bring out the best in those with chronic debilitating illness, the
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine and
Surgery will hold October Pearl at the UST campus from October 13 to
18.

The People Empowerment for Arthritis and Lupus (Pearl) will showcase
talents of rheumatic disease patients, and physicians, through
performances and exhibits. The event is organized in partnership with the
UST Section of Rheumatology

An art exhibition, which will feature exquisite cross-stitch works of Eloisa
Aguinaldo (rheumatoid arthritis), soulful oil-in-canvas by Monique Estrella
(lupus), and intricate sketches by Edrick Ansarias (psoriatic arthritis), will
open the week-long event at the fourth floor of the Doctors Clinic and the
second floor bridgeway of the UST Hospital Clinical Division in Espaa,
Manila.

A variety show by outstanding talents from the various faculties and
colleges in UST and a food fair will be held on October 15 and 16, while a
musicale that features performances from patients with arthritis, psoriasis,
and lupus, together with their caregivers and the Rheumatology Section
staff, will take place on October 17.

Following the musical show and culminating the third Pearl event is the
Search for the Mr. and Ms. Thomasian Doctor to be held for the benefit of
the Sts. Cosmas & Damian Indigency Fund.

Started in 2012, the Pearl represents the life and triumphs of patients and
aims to lift awareness and renew peoples social and environmental
responsibility.

The event is organized in collaboration with the UST Medicine Student
Council. #AV