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Negotiations between Honduras's Medical College and the Health Ministry ended without agreement on settling salary arrears to 727 doctors (per the union) or 158 (per the ministry), leaving 45 days of informational assemblies and pressure campaigns unresolved.

As a 43-day medical services suspension continues, Congress president Tomás Zambrano called for ongoing talks between physicians and the government, warning that Congress could intervene if negotiations fail to resolve the conflict affecting public healthcare access.

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.

Honduras's Special Human Rights Prosecutor has admitted a complaint filed by patient Santos Fúnez against the Medical Association, and will investigate whether the association's informational assemblies violated the constitutional right to health care and complied with Honduran law.

Honduras's Medical College is holding a 12-hour nationwide assembly on October 12 to press 15 labor demands, including halted dismissals, back pay, and a 12% budget allocation to public health, with emergency and critical-care units required to maintain coverage.

Physicians have suspended outpatient consultations for 29 consecutive days nationwide to demand back wages owed to roughly 840 doctors, with some not paid for nine months, affecting over 27,000 patients according to health authorities.

Honduras's month-long physician labor action, now in its fourth week of assembly-led protests, has left non-emergency patients waiting weeks for rescheduled appointments, while doctors demand salary arrears, contract renewals, wage adjustments tied to inflation, and increased health-sector funding.

Honduras's leading public hospital is operating elective surgery at half capacity due to nationwide assemblies by the Medical College, affecting cancer patients and scheduled procedures while the government and physicians negotiate over delayed payments.

The president of the Medical College says public hospitals are canceling operations due to shortages of sterile surgical supplies, sutures, and lab reagents—a broader crisis beyond the fentanyl shortage—while questioning the government's accounting of emergency surgeries performed in private centers.

Honduras's Medical College president says public hospitals face critical shortages of fentanyl, medications, laboratory supplies, and surgical materials that have forced suspension of surgeries and left patients paying out of pocket for necessary materials.

Deputy Carlos Umaña warned that the government has failed to honor agreements made with the Medical College of Honduras, risking a new labor dispute as hospitals continue facing shortages, infrastructure gaps, and staffing problems.

Five months into President Asfura's administration, relations between the government and the Medical Association of Honduras have deteriorated over disputes about hospital care, medication theft accusations, and payment protests, with analysts warning of a deepening health-system crisis affecting patients.

Honduras's Medical Association rejected claims by Vice President–designate María Antonieta Mejía linking doctors to corruption and medicine shortages in public hospitals, demanding she provide evidence within 72 hours or issue a public apology.

President Asfura's government and the Medical College of Honduras agreed on a new salary scale, reinstatement of separated physicians, and improved benefits for health-sector workers, ending the physicians' nationwide informational assemblies.

Honduras's Medical College escalated its strike into an eighth day of nationwide assemblies at health facilities, demanding answers on layoffs, reinstatements, back pay, and formal contracts for physician managers.

The Medical College of Honduras and the Health Ministry are negotiating over physician demands including back pay and job security, with proposals now being reviewed by union members while doctors maintain informational assemblies at hospitals nationwide.

President Asfura announced agreements to pay 300 doctors owed salaries since December 2025 and formalize contracts for 87 physicians, with a June 30 deadline, following talks with the Medical College of Honduras.

The Medical College of Honduras and Health Ministry agreed to strengthen dialogue channels to address physician demands, but doctors will continue informational assemblies at healthcare facilities while consulting union members on any agreements.

With Honduras's medical system disrupted for 39 days by doctor work actions over unpaid salaries, Deputy Labor Minister Daniel Discua warned the government may pursue legal measures and set Friday as a deadline to resolve pending payments, claiming about 90% of medical staff payroll is current.