Department of Health(DOH)

Dear Maika, Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the DOH Health Facility Development Bureau (HFDB) for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you. All the best and God bless!

October 31, 2023 Dear Maika Elishia Factor, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 18, 2023 12:01:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Department of Health Data and Document Request. Response to Request As per Health Facility Development Bureau (HFDB), please be informed that a Certificate of Appearance can only be requested by clients who have physically appeared in our office. Based on their Customer Feedback Survey for walk-in clients, you have not physically availed of technical assistance from their office. We regret to inform you that HFDB do not issue an endorsement certificate indicating their approval/support to proposed architectural thesis. HFDB believe that they are in no position to approve/endorse your thesis proposal since this is an academic undertaking and such approval and assessment should be in the purview of your institution. In lieu of their approval/endorsement, they recommend alignment of your propsals to the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) 2020-2040, as the macro plan for the development of priority health facilities in the country towards the realization of the provisions in the Universal Health Care Act. The direction of the Department of Health is to establish Specialty Centers by designating exisiting DOH hospitals across the country to be capacitated in specialty care. This strategy would enable the government to maximize its limited resources while ensuring the provision of specialty care services to all. 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 the 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, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer