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Dr. Rodrigo Martínez, a respected physician in northern Honduras who spent 39 years in medicine before retiring in 2007, has died; he was known for his work at the Centro Médico Sampedrano and his service to generations of patients in San Pedro Sula.

Hospital Mario Rivas in San Pedro Sula is offering free mammograms to women over 40 from October 12 through November 13 to promote early breast-cancer detection.

Mente Sana, La Prensa's mental-health initiative, held sessions with about 500 parents at two San Pedro Sula schools to discuss the effects of excessive screen and social-media use on children and adolescents, marking the program's first parent-focused outreach since its 2024 launch.

Dr. Juan Carlos Argueta was removed from his position as director of San Pedro Sula's Mario Rivas Hospital on Wednesday, six months after taking the role for a second time; hospital staff reported internal conflicts over administrative decisions and staffing changes.

Agents from Honduras's criminal investigation agency and health regulator raided Medisan clinic in San Pedro Sula on September 7, a week after La Prensa's investigation exposed the facility's scheme of luring patients with free consultations and then pressuring them into costly treatments based on dubious diagnostic devices.

Endovascular neurologist Javier Lagos Servellón presented two difficult cerebral-aneurysm cases treated at San Pedro Sula's Mario Rivas hospital to international specialists at the ESMINT 2026 conference in Marseille, showcasing advances achieved despite limited resources.

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.

A Honduran man hospitalized in Mexico with second- and third-degree burns from an apartment fire is seeking financial help from the public to cover specialized medical treatment and continued care.

Health authorities and major hospitals in northwestern Honduras have established a coordinated protocol to manage a potential spread of measles, with the outbreak currently limited to six confirmed cases in San Pedro Sula and an active epidemiological barrier in Cofradía since early July.

Jesús Alexis Maradiaga, a four-year-old from Santa Cruz de Yojoa who fell from a bus on May 21 and spent weeks in intensive care after two emergency surgeries, was discharged from IHSS on June 19; his grandfather's photo of prayer at the hospital's pediatric ICU had gone viral, drawing nationwide prayers for the child's recovery.

Cancer patients at the Honduran Social Security Institute report a three-month shortage of carboplatin, an essential chemotherapy drug, forcing them to buy vials costing over L3,000 (about $120) out of pocket or forgo complete treatment.

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.