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Properly Update the Maximum Capacity of Diagnostics Laboratories

Requested from DOH by Y. Pilitro at 11:03 AM on May 12, 2020.
Purpose: Transparency and Accountability to the Public
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 05/12/2020
Tracking no: #DOH-305105406665

Pilitro 11:03 AM, May 12, 2020 

Good day,

I work for one of the Senators of the country and our office would like to request to kindly promptly update to your website, https://ncovtracker.doh.gov.ph/ the maximum daily capacity of the newly accredited COVID-19 diagnostics laboratories, namely:

- Cebu TB Reference laboratory
- Lung Center of the Philippines GeneXpert Laboratory
- Marikina Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
- Philippine Genome Center
- Philippine Red Cross Logistics & Multipurpose Center
- Singapore Diagnostics
- UP-PGH Molecular Laboratory
- Zamboanga City Medical Center GeneXpert Laboratory

Thank you!

Receiving Officer 12:22 PM, May 12, 2020 

May 12, 2020

Dear Yojie,

Thank you for your request dated May 12, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Properly Update the Maximum Capacity of Diagnostics Laboratories.

We received your request on May 12, 2020 and will respond on or before Aug 04, 2020 11:03:11 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zMDUxMDU0MDY2NjUM, for request with ticket number #DOH-305105406665.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

08:59 AM, May 18, 2020 

Hi Yojie Pilitro,

Please be informed that your request has been endorsed to the Office of the Secretary and Health Regulation Team - Office of Usec. Vergeire for action. Kindly acknowledge receipt, thank you

04:11 PM, Jul 02, 2020 

July 2, 2020

Dear Yojie Pilitro,

I refer to my letter of May 12, 2020 11:03:11 AM; about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Properly Update the Maximum Capacity of Diagnostics Laboratories.

Our response to your request is due on Aug 04, 2020 11:03:11 AM. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected to deal with your request 

I apologize for this delay but have applied for an extension so we could work further on your request. We hope to be able to send you a response on or before Sep 01, 2020 11:03:11 AM.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://realinagencies11072018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zMDUxMDU0MDY2NjUM, for request with ticket number #DOH-305105406665.

Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Officer


July 2, 2020

Dear Yojie Pilitro,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 12, 2020 11:03:11 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Properly Update the Maximum Capacity of Diagnostics Laboratories.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. According to Usec. Vergeire, we will not publish the maximum daily capacity of the laboratories. As such, we cannot grant this FOI request.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://realinagencies11072018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/help.

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 Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH 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 Officer

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