National Kidney and Transplant Institute(NKTI)

August 15, 2020 Dear Rocel Vincent Peñoso, Thank you for your request dated Jan 09, 2020 04:39:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The Reported Number of Patients with Kidney Disease. Relative to your FOI request, we would like to inquire if you still need the requested information. Kindly reply to this message, your expectation to your FOI request so that the necessary actions, from our end, will be undertaken. We sincerely apologize for this delay as we have recently reorganized our FOI Committee, rest assured that all FOI requests and the corresponding actions will now be managed and monitored more properly and promptly. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly reply using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEU5LVEktODgxNTgyNTc5Njg1DA, for request with ticket number #NKTI-881582579685. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Nov 06, 2020 09:02:38 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker

August 24, 2020 Dear Rocel Vincent Peñoso, Thank you for your response dated August 24, 2020, with regard to my letter regarding clarifying your request on The Reported Number of Patients with Kidney Disease, dated Aug 15, 2020 05:05 PM. We have now continued processing your request by forwarding it to the concerned unit. For the needed requirements for processing of your needed data, please email the Program Manager of Renal diseas Control Program (REDCOP), who is in charge of gathering and releasing the requested information, at [email protected] and address it to: Dr. Teresita Susan Jorge Program Manager Renal Disease Control Program NKTI We will also regularly follow up with the concerned unit regarding the status of your request. Should you have any further questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEU5LVEktODgxNTgyNTc5Njg1DA, for request with ticket number #NKTI-881582579685. Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker

Dear Rocel Vincent, As I was reviewing the FOI requests that we have received and have piled up during the past months because of the pandemic, I noticed that you had another request dated January 26, 2020 requesting for electronic copy of the Philippine Renal Registry Annual reports from 2010-2019. In my response to that FOI request, I asked whether it is just a follow-up or an additional to this initial request. Early this evening, I received an update on the status of several FOI requests and among these are your two requests with a note that the request made on Jan 26, 2020 with Tracking Number NKTI856810170938 was already successful. This specific request sent on January 6, 2020 with Tracking Number NKTI-881582579685, however, is still "processing" and awaiting clarification. Are we still to proceed with processing of this request considering that the other request was already considered as successful? Should you have any further concerns, please feel free to reply to this email via the FOI portal. We would like to help you as much as possible regarding your queries. Hoping to hear from you. Sincerely, Dr. Ernesto R. Que FOI Decision Maker

October 16, 2020 Dear Rocel Vincent Peñoso, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 09, 2020 04:39:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. The concerned unit responsible for your requested information, the PRDR, has informed us that the information you have asked in this request has already been forwarded to you. As for your more recent requests we have also forwarded it already to the respective unit (PRDR). They will get in touch with you soonest and we will also follow it up to assist you further for a prompt response. 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 Ms. Josephine Hubilla, secretary, FOI Committee at the email address [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. Ernesto Que FOI Decision Maker