Department of Health(DOH)

Hi! I would like to request information about:

1.) Individual cases involving physical medicine and rehabilitation
2.)Treatments/Therapies involved
3.) Physician in charge
4.) Name of hospital in which the treatment has been done
5.) Duration of treatment/therapy
6.) Successful(patient fully recovered?)/unsuccessful --this is a binary outcome
7.) Medicines prescribed(if any)
8.) Age of patient
9.) Gender of patient
10.) Occupation/nature of living(e.g. athlete, soldier)
11.) Home address of patient

May 28, 2018

Dear Laurice,

Thank you for your request dated May 19, 2018 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Data on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

We received your request on May 19, 2018 and will respond on or before Jun 08, 2018 10:02:00 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC02MzU1MjE5NzgzNDYM, for request with ticket number #DOH-635521978346.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Madelaine Casimiro
FOI Officer

June 1, 2018

Dear Laurice Delos Santos,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 19, 2018 10:02:00 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Data on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office cannot disclose the data you have requested for it falls under the List of Exceptions to Right of Access to Information (Section 4- Personal Safety).

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

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 Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected] .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).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo
FOI Decision Maker