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Financial Aid for my Single Mom with Covid and Pneumonia

Requested from PCUP by O. Bungay at 06:19 PM on Sep 07, 2021.
Purpose: Financial Aid for Hospital bills
Date of Coverage: 08/26/2021 - 09/07/2021
Tracking no: #PCUP-627406208055

Bungay 06:19 PM, Sep 07, 2021 

Hi! I am humbly asking for help for my Mom who has Pneumonia struggling for her breath and has been battling for Covid19 for 2 weeks now. My Mom who solely raised my Brother and I for almost 3 decades now confined in a hospital and now needing a Tocilizumab and a support for Hospital Bills. She started to have fever for a week with a severe cough and felt difficult in her breathing that lasted for another week because we couldn't find any oxygen and no hospital accepts Covid positive with Pneumonia. My Mom is the breadwinner in the family. She has been devoted to her teaching job. Pls help


October 5, 2023

Dear Citizen,

This has reference to your letter received by our office through Electronic Freedom of Information (eFOI) Portal, requesting a financial aid for a single Mom with COVID and Pneumonia.

In this regard, may we inform you that based on the review and assessment conducted by the Freedom of Information (FOI) Officers, the said request has been denied on the basis that the request is not for information but rather a request for financial assistance. Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 only applies to request of information that the government possesses and has custody of.

Further, the grant of financial assistance is not within the mandate of the agency. Nevertheless, may we recommend that the request be directed to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which has programs that provide financial assistance for disadvantaged families.

In accordance with the FOI Act, we wish to offer further assistance to your request. should you wish to discuss the above please contact us at telephone number -362-0220 or visit us at 9/F Sunnymede IT Center, 1614 Quezon  Avenue South Triangle, Quezon City.

Very truly yours,


PCUP FOI Decision Maker

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