The first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the country is Philippine General Hospital director Dr. Gerardo Dizon Legaspi, who also goes by Dr. Gap.
While being inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine yesterday, March 1, is a milestone, Cheats singer Saab Magalona remembers him for another feat: Legaspi is the reason that her first son with husband Jim Bacarro, Pancho, is alive and well now.
“This man saved my son’s life,” she said on Twitter, sharing a photo of Legaspi’s credentials, as well as photos of Pancho post-surgery and as a healthy toddler.
“He performed two successful brain surgeries on Pancho and I am forever grateful. I wish [Dr.] Gap well and pray for the b…
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