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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.

The government began three-month renovations of Fundación Abrigo facilities in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula that provide free lodging to patients and families from rural areas seeking treatment at public hospitals, and donated wheelchairs, crutches, and equipment to support the centers.

Honduras's national human-rights ombudsman (Conadeh) has recorded approximately 300 complaints of violations in public health services, citing medication shortages, medical negligence, mistreatment by hospital staff, and lack of diagnostic test supplies.

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.

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.

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.

Public hospitals across Honduras are canceling scheduled surgeries due to shortages of essential anesthetics like midazolam, fentanilo, and propofol, five months after Congress approved a health emergency declaration and a 500-million-lempira (about $20 million) trust fund to address the surgical backlog.

An analyst from the justice-advocacy group ASJ warns that Honduras's public hospitals face persistent delays in acquiring medicines and reducing surgical backlogs, citing slow budget execution and administrative bottlenecks that risk patient frustration after months of waiting.

A civil-society organization is calling for proceeds from the presidential aircraft's sale—over L137 million (about $5.5 million)—to be spent on medicines and hospital improvements to ease shortages in the public health system.

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.

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.

About 500 public-sector physicians are protesting unpaid salaries stretching two to five months back and demanding reinstatement of colleagues they say the government fired, causing partial service cuts across Honduras's public hospitals.

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.

Health Ministry data show 3,271 colon cancer cases were recorded in Honduras between 2015 and 2025, with 2025 marking the highest single-year total at 446 cases, as patients also face chronic shortages of drugs and supplies in public hospitals.