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After 45 days of physician assemblies that halted services, the San Pedro Sula hospital has resumed outpatient consultations and begun phoning patients to reschedule missed appointments, with specialist doctors opening extra slots to clear the backlog.

The Honduran Medical College suspended its nationwide informational assemblies on October 26 after reaching agreements with the government and the Health Secretariat to address outstanding wage and labor disputes.

Honduras's Medical College has called an assembly for Saturday to discuss a 47-day pay dispute affecting about 727 doctors, and warns it will extend protests Monday unless the government convenes talks with Health and Finance officials to review pending cases.

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.

Honduras's Colegio Médico continues work stoppages into a 41-day labor dispute, maintaining 15 demands including wage adjustments, contract signings, and rehiring of dismissed physicians, while public-hospital outpatient services remain suspended and patient backlogs grow.

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.

Honduras's public-hospital doctors remain on strike over unpaid salaries owed to some staff, with the Health Ministry convening talks with the Medical College to resolve outstanding pay cases that officials say affect only 4% of physicians.

José André Marcía, 27, died while visiting Machu Picchu in Peru on Wednesday; authorities attribute the death to a possible cardiac arrest and kidney failure that struck him while he was sightseeing with friends.

The theft of a digital electroencephalograph valued at L1.3 million (about $50,000) from Hospital Escuela's neonatal unit has prompted the government to announce a nationwide audit of medical equipment inventories and procurement processes at all hospitals.

Honduras's Medical College warns that physician protests over months of unpaid salaries will intensify after a national holiday if the government does not provide concrete payment solutions, with the current 30-day work stoppage already forcing thousands of hospital appointments and procedures to be suspended and rescheduled.

Honduras's social-security institute (IHSS) announced it will fully resume health services and administrative work on October 12 after concluding informational assemblies by the medical college at its clinics and hospitals nationwide.

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.

Health authorities are monitoring a 2026 surge in dengue (8,825 confirmed cases through August), measles (14 confirmed cases after 29 years absent), whooping cough, and botfly myiasis, with vaccination coverage at only 60% nationwide.

Honduras has recorded 299 cases of myiasis caused by the screwworm fly as of mid-September, approaching the 300 cases reported for all of 2025, with Francisco Morazán accounting for most infections and health officials warning vulnerable groups to keep wounds covered.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Anxiety among children under 14 in Honduras is increasing, with clinical psychologist Fanny Ordoñez noting it has become one of the most common reasons children aged 4–12 seek psychological care, often manifesting as stomach pain, sleep problems, excessive worry, or school avoidance.

Edgar Haziel Nolasco Fiallos, a student at Instituto Técnico Federico C. Canales in Jesús de Otoro, Intibucá, collapsed during a school exercise class on August 12 and died at a hospital in Siguatepeque; preliminary reports suggest cardiac arrest.

Nasser Hilsaca, who died August 8 at Hospital General Atlántida in La Ceiba, had complained of inhumane treatment and abandonment before his death, but three days later no formal investigation has been opened and the Regional Human Rights Office says it received no formal complaint.

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.