Department of Health

Receiving Officer 02:42 PM, Oct 02, 2023

October 2, 2023

Dear Nikka Althea Fe Regacho,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 30, 2023 03:07:28 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Technical Guidelines for Specialty hospital (Heart and Cancer).

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

The Department of Health (DOH) has design guidelines for selected health facilities only, and there is currently no design guidelines specific for heart centers and cancer centers. 

In lieu of this, you may refer to the Planning and Design Guidelines for Hospitals and Other Health Facilities as a general reference for cardiovascular care
facilities. This guideline is included as Annex B of the Administrative Order 2016-0042 Guidelines in the Application of DOH Permit to Construct and is
accessible at the official website of the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) of the DOH.

Furthermore, the DOH through the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) 2020-2040, as the macroplan for establishment of health facilities to
attain Universal Health Care, aims to provide specialty  care that is accessible at the regional, sub-national, and national levels. The PHFDP includes the designation of selected DOH hospitals as Specialty Centers for 16
specialties - either as a Basic Comprehensive Center, Advanced Comprehensive Center, or National Specialty Center which includes the establishment of
Cardiovascular Centers or Heart Centers across regions.

The Department Order 2021-0001, “Designation of Selected DOH Hospitals as Specialty Centers” serves as the operational document of the PHFDP provides
guidelines for the establishment of specialty centers across regions and their corresponding target year of full implementation. This issuance contains the
Resource Stratified Frameworks (RSF) for specialty care as provided in the Annexes of Department Order No. 2021-0001. The RSF articulates the guidance on the fixed assets and equipment needs per level of specialty centers. You may access it at http://bit.ly/DO20210001-SpecialtyCenters.

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 Receiving Officer
FOI Receiving Officer