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Request for Swab Test Result

Requested from DOH by E. Socong at 02:52 PM on Feb 07, 2021.
Purpose: Compliance for my training
Date of Coverage: 02/01/2021 - 02/07/2021
Tracking no: #DOH-363162905200

Socong 02:52 PM, Feb 07, 2021 

Hi

I would like to request of my swab test result since 1158@redcross.org.ph you have provided did not respond to my email. I have exhausted all ways just to request the result. I have messaged redcross thru email and Instagram but still no feedback. How can we now or manage this kind of situation if we do not have the results? Please give this more attention.

Receiving Officer 07:59 AM, Feb 08, 2021 

February 8, 2021

Dear Eljhon,

Thank you for your request dated Feb 07, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Request for Swab Test Result.

We received your request on Feb 07, 2021 and will respond on or before Feb 26, 2021 02:52:36 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zNjMxNjI5MDUyMDAM, for request with ticket number #DOH-363162905200.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer


February 8, 2021

Dear Eljhon Socong,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 07, 2021 02:52:36 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Request for Swab Test Result.

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. Please be informed that test results may not be requested from and released through the FOI portal as this constitutes a violation of the Data Privacy Act. Release and dissemination of the requested results is prohibited because it contains personal information of patients not for public consumption.

For follow ups regarding the results of swab tests, the testing center which conducted the swabbing would be the appropriate office to address this request. 

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/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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