Department of Health

Receiving Officer 09:47 AM, Nov 28, 2023

November 28, 2023

Dear Hope,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 27, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Eye Patients in Region 2.

We received your request on Nov 27, 2023 and will respond on or before Dec 18, 2023 01:00:43 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC01MzEyNjY1MDI1OTgM, for request with ticket number #DOH-531266502598.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 02:18 PM, Nov 28, 2023

Good day!

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development (CHD) and Health Facility Development Bureau (HFDB) for action. Kindly await for their response.

Thank you!

Maker 11:39 AM, Dec 22, 2023

December 22, 2023

Dear Hope Lizey,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 27, 2023 01:00:43 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Number of Eye Patients in Region 2.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Below are the responses on Space requirements for eye care center from the DOH Health Facility Development Bureau (HFDB):

The Philippine Health Facility Development Plan 2020-2040 lays out the development of priority health facilities in the country towards the realization of the provisions in the Universal Health Care Act. The development of hospitals catering to priority specialty care such as eye care is included in the plan. The direction of the Department of Health is to establish Specialty Centers by designating existing 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.

The Department Order (DO) No. 2021-0001 and its amendment services as the operational document for the development of DOH Specialty Centers including Eye Care. It also contains the seven Resource Stratified Frameworks (RSF) for each of the seventeen (17) priority specialty care, including eye care. This framework serves as a planning guide that articulates the base facilities, catchment areas, services, infrastructure, equipment, human resources and other components to be provided in health facilities in order to provide specialty care across the continuum of care. Lastly, this issuance provides the list of the designated DOH Eye Specialty Centers in Region 2. You may access the said issuance through this link: http://bit.ly/DO20210001-SpecialtyCenters

Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as we are still awaiting for the data from Cagayan Valley Medical Center. We shall send  you the data as soon as we receive it. 

 Kindly accomplish the FOI Request 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 foi@doh.gov.ph. 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