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Samuel Santos, president of the Medical College of Honduras, testified before prosecutors about a complaint over suspended medical services during the ongoing physician strike over unpaid wages, as the dispute continues to block public healthcare.

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.

Honduras's Medical College continued nationwide informational assemblies on October 21, marking 45 consecutive days of protest over unpaid wages, salary compliance, pending raises, and reinstatement of fired doctors, with the government and Medical College offering conflicting accounts of resolved cases.

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.

Claudia Ramírez, representing Honduras's medical association, responded to Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez's condemnation of the doctors' ongoing strike over unpaid salaries and poor working conditions, urging him and all sectors of society to unite in demanding government reform of the country's health system.

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez called on striking physicians to halt over 40 days of work stoppages that have suspended routine medical care, arguing that patient health must take priority over salary disputes and that the action violates Christian ethics.

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.

The Health Ministry urged physicians to return to work immediately, stating that 97% of doctors are current on salary payments amid an ongoing labor dispute.

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.

Government-run mobile health units visiting rural municipalities across Honduras provide free consultations, diagnostic tests, and medications, serving nearly 10,000 people in their first month as an alternative during the ongoing physician strike.

The Health Ministry says it will clear most outstanding payments to 273 contract doctors by Friday, as the medical profession's 37-day protest has led to 2,000–3,000 canceled surgeries and more than 12,000 missed outpatient consultations nationwide.

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.

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.

The IHSS will restart nationwide medical consultations on October 12 after doctors agreed to return following five weeks of informational assemblies, following a directive board's recognition of a 2025 agreement that extends annual vacation time from 18 to 21 days.

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 Medical College convened a nationwide assembly on October 4 to address labor grievances including an end to dismissals, reinstatement of fired professionals, and unpaid wages, with emergency services required to remain staffed.

After 26 days of informational assemblies nationwide, a new round of talks ended without agreement, leaving over 12,000 consultations suspended and Hospital Escuela operating at about 60% capacity.

The Medical College of Honduras and the Health Ministry ended talks without resolving a dispute over unpaid physician salaries, though the ministry says it has paid 95% of what is owed and the parties will meet again Friday to reconcile payment records.

Physician assemblies at Honduras's public-health institute have suspended outpatient consultations and elective surgeries for nearly a month, costing over L400 million (about $16 million), while doctors press demands for wage adjustments and contract improvements.

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.

A work stoppage by the Honduran Medical Association has canceled roughly 30,000 outpatient consultations at public hospitals in recent weeks, with physicians continuing assemblies on September 25 to press demands over salaries, contracts, and working conditions.

Patients at public hospitals face delays as doctors conduct nationwide informational assemblies, while nurses threaten to join the action if the health ministry fails to meet demands on job stability, wages, and reintegrations.

Lawyers analyzing Honduras's ongoing physician strike say the suspension of outpatient services in public hospitals could expose officials and doctors to legal liability for failing to provide essential healthcare to low-income patients.

The IHSS director said the institute has no unpaid salary debts to its physicians and called a doctors' work stoppage unjustified, asserting they are striking in solidarity with health workers at other institutions that do have payment arrears.

Ricardo Rodas, president of the IHSS doctors' association, says informational assemblies will continue until the Social Security Institute pays outstanding wages owed to temporary staff and approximately 400 physicians.

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 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.