Department of Health(DOH)

October 16, 2023 Dear Aaron Paul Arcala, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 13, 2023 10:36:34 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Oncologist in the Philippines. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. May we refer you to the DOH HRH Statistics through the PowerBI dashboard http://bit.ly/HRHStat-2022 and National Database of Selected Human Resources for Health at https://ndhrhis.doh.gov.ph/, for HRH information from the years 2016 to June 2023. The said platform readily provides data on the distribution of selected health professionals reporting in private and public health facilities in the health sector. Please be informed that we can only provide some of information requested as we do not have data specifically on oncologists. Kindly coordinate with the Philippine Medical Oncology at https://psmo.org.ph/ for this request Kindly accomplish the FOI feedback form at the link https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm 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