Department of Health

Receiving Officer 09:49 AM, Sep 12, 2023

September 12, 2023

Dear DOMINIC ARKIEN,

Thank you for your request dated Sep 12, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for REQUEST FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS AND DOCTORS DATA FOR MY ARCHITECTURAL THESIS.

We received your request on Sep 12, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 03, 2023 02:26:50 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://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0wNzk4NDYwOTYxMTMM, for request with ticket number #DOH-079846096113.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 09:54 AM, Sep 13, 2023

Good day! 

Please be informed that we have endorsed your requests Items No. 1 & 2  to the DOH- DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL BUREAU- PHIL.NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING for action. 

Kindly await for their response. 

For items 3-5, here are the responses: 

3. Number of Nephrologists in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao - we regret to inform you that DOH does not collect the number of Nephrologists. Refer the client to the Philippine Society of Nephrology at https://psn.org.ph/ for this information.

4. Government and Private Hospital-based Dialysis Facilities in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and 

5. Free standing Dialysis Facilities in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

- Please visit the DOH- Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) website at https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/list-of-licensed-health-facilities/ for the DOH accredited health facilities


Thank you.

Maker 05:24 PM, Sep 18, 2023

September 18, 2023

Dear DOMINIC ARKIEN MORALES,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 12, 2023 02:26:50 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for REQUEST FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS AND DOCTORS DATA FOR MY ARCHITECTURAL THESIS.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Below are the responses to your eFOI Request

1. Number of Hemodialysis Patients, Peritoneal Dialysis Patients, Transplant patients, by Region and Provinces, cities of Visayas (available data) and 
2. Number of dialysis Patients and Transplant patients according to primary renal disease from Visayas (by age 
- The data for dialysis patients can be obtained per hospital.  We can only provide the attached data on Total Number of Transplanted Recipients from  Deceased Donors 2014-2023

3. Number of Nephrologists in Visayas - We do not have specific data on Number of Nephrologists. Kindly coordinate with the Philippine Society of Nephrology at https://psn.org.ph/ for this data

4. Government and Private Hospital-based Dialysis Facilities in Visayas and
5. Free standing Dialysis Facilities in Visayas
- Visit the DOH Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) website at https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/list-of-licensed-health-facilities/ for the list of DOH accredited health facilities, including Dialysis clinics

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

Attachments:
 PHILNOS Report-Total Number of Transplanted Recipients fromn Deceased Donors 2014-2023.pdf