Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

February 10, 2021 Dear Diogie Roman, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 24, 2021 01:04:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for medical assistance. Are you seeking for medical assistance? If so, you can use your PhilHealth benefit to defray the cost of hospitalization by submitting your medical abstract and receipt. If you are an active member of OWWA and PhilHealth, the former can provide you with medical/financial assistance at OWWA's MEDPLUS if qualified. However, if you are an undocumented worker with NO VALID employment contract at Jeddah you have to seek assistance at the Philippine Consular Office for immediate repatriation and payment of medical bills. 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 Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still 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, RODRIGO F. PASCUA, JR. OWWA Deputy Administrator FOI Decision Maker