Health Workers

Honduras's Medical College has called an assembly for Saturday to discuss a 47-day pay dispute affecting about 727 doctors, and warns it will extend protests Monday unless the government convenes talks with Health and Finance officials to review pending cases.

The Health Ministry urged physicians to return to work immediately, stating that 97% of doctors are current on salary payments amid an ongoing labor dispute.

Patients at public hospitals face delays as doctors conduct nationwide informational assemblies, while nurses threaten to join the action if the health ministry fails to meet demands on job stability, wages, and reintegrations.

Honduras's nursing professionals, with about 480 under temporary contracts and 90 unrecontracted, have given the Health Ministry until a September 18 meeting to address staffing and wage demands or face a national strike the following week.

The Health Ministry's vice minister said the government asked the Medical College for a two-week grace period before paying roughly 300 contract and interim physicians their back wages, citing administrative delays and pending paperwork from the prior administration.

Nurses at Hospital Aníbal Murillo Escobar in Olanchito have begun informational assemblies over the firing of a colleague named Damaris, who was employed under contract since 2024; union leaders warn that protests may escalate if the Health Ministry does not explain or reverse the dismissal.