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Honduras's Medical College suspended two months of informational assemblies on October 26, resuming public hospital care amid ongoing salary talks, though over 20,000 appointments remain to be rescheduled.

Honduras's ongoing medical-service crisis, now in its 47th day of physician work stoppages, prompted a lawyer representing affected patients to file a complaint with prosecutors alleging violations of citizens' right to healthcare, while acknowledging doctors' legitimate wage grievances.

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.

Pharmacies at the Social Security's Regional Hospital of the North will close temporarily from September 21 to 25 for inventory work, affecting the outpatient, oncology, hospital, and emergency pharmacies.

Honduras's Health Ministry announced that most health facilities will remain open on September 15, with hospitals providing emergency services only, while primary-care centers and emergency clinics will operate normally during the independence-day holiday.