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Insufficient fund to pay private hospital bill

Requested from DOH by R. Rivera at 12:21 AM on Jan 02, 2024.
Purpose: Liham mula sa malacañang upang kami ng mga anak ko po ay makauwi at mapaliit ang bill.
Date of Coverage: 12/27/2023 - 01/02/2024
Tracking no: #DOH-718672935941

Rivera 12:21 AM, Jan 02, 2024 

Good day. Asking for help. Nasurgery ako sa gallbladder sa isang private hospital dito sa maynila. Dito po po kami nagpagamot galing sa 2 govt hospital ngunit sa amimg pagkagulat humigit kumulang 400k po ang bill final bill namin at private daw po ang status namin (dito po ako nalito at walang  halagang  pambayad. solo parent ng 10 ar 9 taon mga bata. Wala po sapat na pinagkakitaan lamang po ay para na po ako mamamatay sa di maipaliwanag na sakit sa aking apdo at itoy nalunusan at naisagawa ang operasyon at nirkeomenda po na makauwi matapos ang 3 araw na gamutan ngunit disaproved ang Prom Note

Receiving Officer 09:26 AM, Jan 02, 2024 

January 2, 2024

Dear Ramil Oreta,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 02, 2024 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Insufficient fund to pay private hospital bill.

We received your request on Jan 02, 2024 and will respond on or before Jan 23, 2024 12:21:23 AM, 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://efoi-ph.uc.r.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC03MTg2NzI5MzU5NDEM, for request with ticket number #DOH-718672935941.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 11:16 AM, Jan 03, 2024 

Good day! 

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to DOH-MALASAKIT PROGRAM OFFICE for action. 

Kindly await for their response. 

Thank you.

Maker 04:46 PM, Jan 26, 2024 

January 26, 2024

Dear Ramil Oreta Rivera,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 02, 2024 12:21:23 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Insufficient fund to pay private hospital bill.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

We have received your request for medical / financial assistance. We would like to inform you that the Malasakit Program Office (formerly Public Assistance Unit of the Department of Health) no longer provides Guarantee Letter (GL) or Referral Letter (RL). All applications for medical assistance are currently processed at hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH).

 In order for your request to be met, we can go directly to the DOH or LGU hospitals that have Malasakit Centers. You can also contact the said facilities by phone or email. Just check the attached file  to find out the list of facilities with Malasakit Centers.

 See attached Process for availing Medical Assistance  

Please refer to the list DOH and LGU Hospitals with Malasakit Center 

For inquiries, you can call our trunk line (02) 8651-7800 loc. 1813 and 2711 or email at malasakitprogramoffice@doh.gov.ph

Kindly complete the FOI Feedback request 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 about 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

Attachments:
 MALASAKIT FOCAL PERSON DOH & LGU.docx
 Process-of-Availing-Medical-Assistance.pdf

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