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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.

Health authorities report that 6,638 public-sector physicians have received their salaries, representing 96% of registered medical staff nationwide, though 278 doctors remain unpaid.

Honduras's Health Ministry found nearly 700 ghost payroll positions — including doctors who received full salaries while studying abroad for years — amid a staffing crisis that has suspended more than 4,000 elective surgeries.

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 health system lacks a permanent Health Secretary after more than 10 months, leaving emergency decrees unaccountable and the hospital network without stable institutional management, according to CESPAD analysis.

Former Health Secretary José Matheu criticized the government's proposal to purchase a private hospital to ease overcrowding at Hospital Escuela, arguing that public funds should instead complete two already-funded trauma hospital projects in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.

Former Health Minister Carla Paredes argued that private hospitals' 20–60 beds cannot meaningfully relieve Hospital Escuela's 1,400-bed capacity, and blamed overcrowding on clinic closures and staff cuts.

Journalists discovered expired medications and medical equipment stored outdoors in sun and rain at a Health Ministry warehouse in Tegucigalpa, though the vice minister denied the items were abandoned or deteriorating.

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.

The Health Ministry has not submitted required quarterly reports to Congress on spending from a 500-million-lempira emergency health fund approved in February 2026, which was supposed to finance surgeries, expedite drug purchases, and equip operating rooms.

Honduras has finished implementing its National Vaccination System nationwide, including training that enables real-time electronic vaccination records and improved coverage tracking.

The Health Ministry processed payments of about L79.9 million (roughly $3 million) for cost-of-living adjustments and a five-year bonus to 4,258 employees across 31 health units, with Deputy Minister Ángel Eduardo Midence also confirming that contracts with decentralized hospitals will remain in effect through December 2026.

Professional nurses will hold informational assemblies nationwide Thursday to pressure the Health Ministry over unfilled positions and contracts for 484 interim nurses, after eight months of failed dialogue.

Honduras's medical association is calling on the Health Ministry to publicly detail how emergency-relief funds have been spent, including breakdowns of contracts, trust funds (fideicomisos), patient-selection criteria, and progress on reducing the surgical backlog.

Honduras has recorded 6,218 dengue cases nationwide through epidemiological week 29 (late July), according to the Health Ministry's surveillance unit.

Four months after Congress approved a health emergency and a trust fund managed by Banco de Occidente, the government transferred L500 million (about $20 million) but has made no drug purchases and completed only 155 surgeries, while hospitals remain 75–78% stocked on basic medicines.

Honduras's Health Ministry completed a national workshop to roll out a digital vaccination-record system nationwide, moving toward a computerized immunization database.

Honduras's public health network carried out 1,854 elective surgeries across 29 hospitals in May, clearing 49% of the backlog of patients awaiting non-emergency procedures, the Health Ministry said.

Honduras's Medical College challenged Health Ministry assertions that 96% of public-sector doctors have been paid, questioning the source of the government's figures while many physicians remain unpaid for months.