Hospital

Religious images and relics in the chapel at Hospital Gabriela Alvarado in Danlí were found damaged and overturned, alarming patients, staff, and families who called the vandalism reprehensible.

Hospital Santa Teresa de Comayagua's subdirector said the facility is maintaining scheduled surgeries and procedures despite a shortage of anesthetics.

The Hospital Psiquiátrico Mario Mendoza, Honduras's main public psychiatric facility, receives dozens of patients daily from across the country, many traveling hours because their municipalities lack mental-health services, reflecting a growing nationwide demand and shortage of specialized centers.

Police detained at a hospital the woman accused of giving birth and abandoning her newborn daughter in vegetation in Lempira; she will face aggravated child abandonment charges upon recovery, while the infant remains stable under medical observation.