St. Luke’s University Health Network officially broke ground Tuesday on its new four story, 165,000-square-foot patient care building at its Monroe Campus.

“With the construction of the patient care tower, St. Luke’s is meeting the strong and growing demand for our nationally recognized health care services and keeping them close to home,” said Don Seiple, president of St. Luke’s Monroe Campus.

“Our investment in growth is fueled by the trust the residents of Monroe County have in our providers. It will also allow us to meet the projected demand for our expert care in the future,” he said.

The new patient tower is expected to open in early 2024 and will be built on the east side of the St. Luke’s Monroe Campus. The a general medical-surgical unit with 36 beds, additional operating and procedure space, expanded outpatient programs and a state-of-the-art intervention radiology suite as well as shell space for future development.

“The new patient care tower will provide the space the hospital desperately to needs to provide the care close to home, alleviating the need for the community to travel far for specialized services,” Seiple said.

Dr. Douglas A. Degler, St. Luke’s Monroe Chief of Medicine, said,“This is a timely, well planned and critical investment that will increase our population’s access to high-quality care that it needs and deserves.”

The St. Luke’s Monroe Campus expansion project will employ 250 construction workers, which will benefit the local economy, and will create 80 new permanent, family-sustaining jobs with more to come later as shell space is occupied.

In keeping with St. Luke’s tradition, the patient care tower will be built with American made steel.

With the construction of its new patient care tower and expansion of its services and capabilities, St. Luke’s Monroe Campus is continuing its commitment to meeting the needs of the community and to keeping patients close to home.

The addition will double the size of the existing hospital. The new patient care tower - expected to open in early 2024 - will be built on the east side of the St. Luke’s Monroe Campus. It will house a general medical-surgical unit with 36 beds, additional operating and procedure space, expanded outpatient programs and a state-of-the-art interventional radiology suite as well as shell space for future development.

Located just off Route 611 in Stroudsburg, St. Luke’s Monroe Campus welcomed its first patients in 2016.