Public Health System
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3 stories in #public-health-system
Clear filtersHospital Crisis Persists Despite Emergency Decree
Though the government distributed $6 million in medicines across six departments as part of an emergency decree, doctors and patients report that shortages of staff, surgical supplies, fentanilo, and operating-room repairs continue to undermine public hospital care and lengthen surgical waiting lists nationwide.
Once NoticiasLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jul 17, 2026#hospital-crisis#drug-shortage#health-emergency-decreeHonduras's Mental-Health System Buckles Under Demand
Honduras's mental-health system is collapsing, with the country's only acute psychiatric hospital receiving 15–20 patients daily and fewer than 70 psychiatrists nationwide, while stigma, lack of prevention, and insufficient public services leave most conditions untreated.
Criterio.hnRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 24, 2026#mental-health#hospital-mario-mendoza#public-health-systemSan Pedro Sula Hospital Workers Protest Months of Unpaid Wages
Nurses, nursing assistants, stretcher-bearers, and support staff at Leonardo Martínez Valenzuela Hospital in San Pedro Sula protested Monday over salary arrears of up to ten months, despite continuing to work regularly since their reinstatement in July 2025 following a wrongful-dismissal lawsuit.
Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)Read in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Jun 17, 2026#hospital-workers#unpaid-salaries#labor-protest