**Parokya ni Edgar frontman Chito Miranda (left) and guitarist Gab Chee Kee (Facebook)**

By Carissa Alcantara

Parokya ni Edgar frontman Chito Miranda and other musicians are expected to participate in a fundraising gig to help the band's guitarist Gab Chee Kee who needs an immediate medical attention.

In a recent Facebook post, Chito revealed that Gab has been diagnosed with lymphoma and is currently in the intensive care unit.

"Due to complications brought about by his condition, he is now battling pneumonia and was recently transferred as ICU and has been intubated for more than a week already," said Chito in his post.

Given his complications, Gab will not participate in any music gigs for his full recovery. Chito also said that he's been undergoing chemotherapy since last year.

Although Chito insisted on holding gigs to wait for his recovery, Gab told Chito to continue playing for the band.

"I asked my bandmates na kung pwede, wag nalang din muna kami tumugtog habang wala si Gab. Pero kina-usap kami ni Gab and asked us to continue playing, because he doesn't want us to stop playing just because we're waiting for him to get better," Chito added.

At the end of his post, Chito announced that his band will headline a fundraising gig for Gab. He also thanked fellow musicians, including Ebe Dancel, Gloc-9, Shanti Dope, Flow G, Kamikazee, Gracenote, and December Avenue, etc.

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