Hospital San Felipe

Hospital San Felipe in Tegucigalpa is conducting 30 surgeries per day and has completed 2,200 procedures so far this year, according to hospital director Edwin Cruz.

Israeli and Honduran ophthalmologists launched a weeklong surgical brigade at San Felipe Hospital to perform over 200 cataract surgeries, part of a broader effort to clear a multiyear waiting list and reduce Honduras's surgical backlog.

Hospital San Felipe's oncology chief reports 5–10 new breast-cancer diagnoses daily, with most patients arriving in advanced stages; he urges women to seek early evaluation when they notice warning signs.

An Israeli medical brigade will arrive in Tegucigalpa this Friday to conduct free eye surgeries and training for Honduran doctors at Hospital San Felipe over 10 days, addressing a backlog of vision-impaired patients in public hospitals.

A CT scanner installed at Hospital San Felipe's oncology center has three competing explanations for its origin—a L31 million (about $1.24 million USD) purchase order, a claimed international donation, and a supposed debt—leaving its funding source unclear.

A high-tech linear accelerator donated to Hospital San Felipe and installed earlier this year remains inactive because the government has requested an additional L120 million (about $4.8 million) to make it operational, without clearly explaining why or how it relates to L100 million already spent on equipment.

Hospital General San Felipe completed more than 1,800 major surgeries in eight weeks, reducing the surgical waiting list and treating patients who had been waiting for care.

Pregnant women in labor must wade through puddles and poor conditions to reach the maternity ward at Hospital San Felipe in Francisco Morazán due to the deteriorated state of the facility's entrance.