Kidney Disease

A kidney-disease patient appealed to Congress to immediately approve a promised subsidy for more than 7,000 Hondurans with the condition, citing treatment costs and a deepening health crisis.

Congress unanimously approved funding of 20 million lempiras (about $800,000) to equip and launch a hemodialysis clinic in La Esperanza, Intibucá, expanding specialized kidney-disease care for the region.