St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City is redefining the hospital experience with a new 13-story building designed to centralize services and minimize patient movement. The structure recently topped off, with completion expected in 2027.
Currently, patients often shuttle between multiple buildings for lab tests, imaging, and treatment. The new facility aims to consolidate nearly 80% of the hospital's high-traffic services—including 132 patient rooms, expanded outpatient areas, diagnostic and therapeutic zones, operating rooms, and intensive care units—under one roof.
"Most of the high-traffic areas will be in this building," said Dr. Deborah Ignacia Ona, senior vice president and medical director. "It's made in such a way that we wanted to be a smart building, so if you're a patient, it's going to be very easy for you to navigate."
The building will connect to the existing hospital via internal passageways, with separate flows for inpatients and outpatients to enhance privacy and ease. While bed capacity won't significantly increase, the reconfiguration prioritizes private and suite-type rooms to meet demand.
Advanced features are planned, including centralized monitoring in operating rooms and ICUs, reflecting St. Luke's vision of a "smart hospital." The expansion is part of a broader modernization drive, which also includes a new 500-bed hospital in Aseana, Parañaque, targeted for 2030.