Honduras Health News

Honduras's Public Ministry is investigating Centro Médico Centroamericano in Tegucigalpa for allegedly using uncertified scanning equipment to issue false disease diagnoses, charging patients over 5,000 lempiras (about $200) for bogus results and expensive treatments.

Honduras's child welfare agency (Senaf) reports 104 children are legally available for adoption, with 76 active cases underway, as the agency works to cut a two-year wait time and prioritize domestic families.

The Bay Islands reported 84 malaria cases in 2026, a 60% decline from last year, but about 90% are clustered in Santos Guardiola municipality, where local transmission persists despite prevention efforts including fumigation and community cleanup.

A biomedical engineer analyzed the quantum resonance analyzer used at fraudulent clinics in Honduras and concluded the device operates randomly with no scientific basis, unable to diagnose disease from placing a hand on a sensor.

The Honduran Medical College says it cannot investigate fraudulent clinics run by Colombians giving false diagnoses unless the operators are licensed physicians, leaving enforcement to prosecutors and local authorities.

The Amigos del San Juan de Dios group will hold its 15th charity golf tournament on Saturday, September 5, at Club Campestre de La Lima, aiming to raise L2.2 million (about $88,000) to renovate the pediatric unit of San Juan de Dios psychiatric hospital in San Pedro Sula.

The criminal investigation agency and consumer protection prosecutor inspected Nueva Med clinic after investigative reports documented it offering free consultations and diagnosing patients with unproven bioquantum devices, then pressuring them into expensive treatments costing over 5,000 lempiras.

Reina Pérez, a nurse at La Paz Hospital, collapsed and died suddenly on September 2 inside a business in Yarumela; authorities are investigating the cause, with preliminary reports suggesting cardiac arrest.

Former president Manuel Zelaya was successfully treated for pericarditis—fluid accumulation around the heart—in a one-hour procedure at a private hospital in Tegucigalpa on September 2, with a projected recovery of seven days.

Honduras's National Toxicology Center has warned of dangerous levels of benzene in soft stress-relief toys called 'squishies' sold widely in the country, citing a UK alert about one brand that exceeded safe limits and noting children's heightened vulnerability to the carcinogenic chemical.

Twenty-eight public-health doctors in Gracias a Dios department, including some in remote communities, have gone without pay for up to eight months in 2026, and at least ten are considering resigning despite continuing to staff the Puerto Lempira Hospital and outlying clinics.

Honduras's Public Ministry has opened investigations into Medisan in San Pedro Sula and Nueva Med in Tegucigalpa, both accused of issuing false diagnoses to persuade patients to purchase expensive treatments, following a La Prensa inquiry that documented the clinics' practices.

A woman received an alarming 128-page diagnosis of multiple organ problems from a quantum resonance machine at Nueva Med clinic in Tegucigalpa, but routine blood and urine tests at an independent laboratory contradicted the severity of findings, raising questions about the device's reliability.

La Prensa's undercover investigation reveals that Medisan, a clinic operating without a valid health license in a San Pedro Sula shopping center, uses fraudulent quantum-resonance devices to diagnose fictitious diseases and sell fake natural remedies, targeting vulnerable customers with credit cards.

Honduras formalized a new Commission for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy on August 31, part of a broader system to protect children's and adolescents' rights, with coordination across government agencies and international partners to address early pregnancy and its underlying causes.

Sixteen doctors at Puerto Lempira Hospital in Mosquitia report they have gone eight months without pay despite continuing to work; health officials acknowledged the arrears and promised to settle the debt this week.

Hepatitis cases have risen 100% in Cortés department, with Choloma and Villanueva reporting the highest infection rates; health authorities are monitoring food and water contamination as a possible contributing factor.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government and Fundación Amigos del Hospital María signed an agreement to improve facilities at Hospital María, Especialidades Pediátricas, focusing on parking areas and accessibility for patients, families, and staff.

A mental health law proposal was presented to Congress, aimed at strengthening psychiatric services and guaranteeing care for an estimated 1.5 to 1.6 million Hondurans with mental disorders, with officials citing depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia as the most common conditions treated.

The Pan American Health Organization completed water, sanitation, and waste-management improvements at five health facilities in drought-affected municipalities in El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán to ensure clinics can maintain service during dry periods.

Montaña de Luz, a center in Morocelí that has supported HIV-positive children and families since 2001, offers medical care, education, meals, and family counseling, though it struggles to maintain programs without government funding.

Honduras formally joined the Pan-American Health Organization-led Primary Care Alliance for the Americas, which aims to strengthen primary health services through coordinated investment, innovation, and technical cooperation via a new national advisory board.

Specialists at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital in San Pedro Sula successfully performed Honduras's first procedure to treat a ruptured cerebral aneurysm using a Woven EndoBridge device, a minimally invasive technique.

The National Congress Health Commission and the Ministry of Health's Non-Communicable Diseases Program are jointly drafting a transplant law to establish legal standards for organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Honduras.

A National Congress deputy has proposed allocating 2 million lempiras (about $80,000) to Hospital Leonardo Martínez in San Pedro Sula to upgrade surgical equipment and reduce waiting times for procedures.

A 28-year-old man died of severe dengue in Tegucigalpa, bringing Honduras's 2026 death toll to five as the Health Ministry reports over 6,000 cases and warns that rainy season could drive further spread.

A survey of nearly 5,500 Honduran children aged 9 to 17 found that one in five spends four to eight hours daily on social media, with psychologists cautioning that excessive device use contributes to attention problems, anxiety, and depression.

Honduras's nursing union (Aneeah) is demanding the Health Ministry halt staff layoffs and pay salaries owed since January, with other debts dating to 2022, and has suspended protests while awaiting a ministry meeting.

A Honduran woman who received a free-consultation offer from Centro Médico Nueva Med says she was charged L14,000 (about $560) for a treatment she later learned was fraudulent, with an employee warning her the clinic was running a scam.

Former Health Minister José Manuel Matheu warns that a Colombian-run clinic in San Pedro Sula offering "quantum resonance" diagnoses is a scam that puts patients at risk, saying it is impossible to evaluate the human body by holding a plastic tube.