Department of Health(DOH)

September 11, 2023 Dear PROCESO PAGUNTALAN II, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 09, 2023 02:30:58 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Number of Terminally Ill patients in the Philippines. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Visit the Philippine Health Statistics and FHSIS Annual Reports posted in the DOH website at https://doh.gov.ph/publications/serials. Likewise, the DOH Disease surveillance reports are posted at https://doh.gov.ph/statistics Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as we do not gather this specific data on terminally ill patients. We ask that you coordinate with the hospitals for this data request or you can identify a specific hospital as the focus of your study Thank you 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 Receiving Officer FOI Receiving Officer