Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to request for your assistance for my mother whose been diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer. She is advised to have 6 sessions of chemo and 18 sessions of trastuzumab. She is already done with 2 sessions of chemo and 1 trastuzumab. Her last session was September 22, 2023. 

The chemo meds prescribed to her are Carboplatin (300mg) and Docetaxel (80mg) which costs 5,400 (for 2 vials of 150mg) and 1,700, respectively. And her trastuzumab costs 25,000 per vial. 

Hope and pray that you could help us. 

Thank you so much and God bless.

October 26, 2023

Dear Ms. Pasion,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 26, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Chemotherapy Medical Assistance.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, we determined that your request is a frontline service transaction and not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

However, for your concern, you may contact the following for financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation Program:

DSWD – Central Office:
Contact Information: https://aics.dswd.gov.ph/contact-us/


DSWD – Field Office NCR;
Contact Number: (02) 8-733-00-10 to 14
E-mail: [email protected]


For more information regarding the said program, you may visit:

https://www.dswd.gov.ph/aics/

https://ncr.dswd.gov.ph/about-us/citizens-charter/assistance-to-individuals-in-crisis-situations/


Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary REX GATACHALIAN at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services.  Kindly fill out the Customer feedback form from this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczFnilLByGiihY4HpktLYfMVUxA9tx7WyncDQAXd2_PUOvbg/viewform


Thank you.

Respectfully,

DSWD FOI Receiving Officer