Ostschweizer Kinderspital completes relocation to new St. Gallen facility

The Ostschweizer Kinderspital (OKS) has successfully completed its relocation to a new building in St. Gallen. On Saturday, 36 inpatient patients were transferred from the previous Claudiusstrasse location to the new facility on the HOCH Health Ostschweiz campus using eight ambulances.

The move involved significant logistics, including the transport of approximately 1,300 pieces of furniture, 5,000 medical devices, and 5,000 moving boxes. To ensure medical safety, elective procedures were reduced in the days leading up to the move, though emergency services, operating rooms, intensive care units, and radiology remained fully operational throughout the process.

CEO Serge Altmann confirmed that all patients arrived safely and that hospital operations are running according to plan. The new location places the pediatric hospital in closer proximity to the Kantonsspital St. Gallen. The integration of the neonatology department is scheduled to follow on October 1st to further streamline perinatal care.