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The Municipal Water and Sanitation Unit (UMAPS) is offering an amnesty through October 12 for users with unpaid balances, with the option to pay a 10–30% down payment and finance the remainder over up to 18 months.

A former employee at the Nueva Med clinic in Tegucigalpa testified that salespeople without medical training posed as doctors, used false diagnoses to frighten patients, and pressured them into buying unnecessary treatments as part of an alleged fraud operation run by Colombians.

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.

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.

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.

Analysis of 2024–2025 data shows Tegucigalpa residents face seasonal health threats: high air pollution and smoke in the dry season (first half of the year) drive respiratory cases, while declining temperatures in the rainy season (July–September) trigger a second surge in illness.

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 Escuela announced that referring hospitals must obtain medical referrals and bed availability confirmation before transferring patients, aiming to coordinate emergency admissions and optimize care capacity.

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.

Chef and television presenter Sandra Díaz died Wednesday after receiving an injection in her neck at a private clinic for back and neck pain; authorities are investigating whether medical negligence caused her sudden collapse and death.

Health authorities in the capital have set up vaccination clinics at shopping malls, supermarkets, and the national university to increase access to flu, tetanus, and measles shots, responding to two imported measles cases confirmed in Honduras.

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.