Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Quezon Provincial Hospital Network (Lopez) located at Brgy. Magsaysay, Lopez, Quezon Province

Earthquake preparedness for healthcare facilities is crucial in disaster-prone areas like the Philippines, where existing guidelines have significant gaps in ensuring seismic stability. This research investigates the seismic vulnerability of Quezon Hospital (Lopez), assessing its seismicity, structural characteristics, safety includes diagnosis, analysis, and assessment. Diagnosis involves categorizing the building type, while analysis employs the Hospital Safety Index from WHO and DOH, along with Nonlinear Static Analysis (Pushover Analysis) and Response History Analysis, to determine structural behavior and potential damage. The Rebound Hammer Test shows the hospital's columns have excellent compressive strength of 45.889 MPa, surpassing the minimum standard of 28 MPa. The hospital's overall safety falls under category B with an index of 0.62 indicating satisfactory structural safety (0.78) but inadequate nonstructural safety (0.39) and emergency management (0.57). Despite structural weaknesses in the y-direction, the hospital's Immediate Occupancy performance level indicates it can still function during an earthquake. This study demonstrate that combining the Hospital Safety Index with structural analysis methods provides a comprehensive evaluation of the hospital's safety.