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The government is examining the purchase of an already-built hospital to add to the public health network and relieve overcrowding at Hospital Escuela, Honduras's main medical center.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government and Fundación Amigos del Hospital María signed an agreement to improve facilities at Hospital María, Especialidades Pediátricas, focusing on parking areas and accessibility for patients, families, and staff.

Hospital Satuyé on Roatán faces shortages of air-conditioning units, desks, and filing equipment, with some cooling systems failing despite being less than a year old, the hospital administrator said.

An ASJ report found 46 operating rooms (30% of the public hospital network's 154 total) are out of service due to repairs, maintenance, or equipment shortages, worsening a surgical backlog that has grown to nearly 11,000 patients awaiting procedures.