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Ten Honduran children with congenital heart defects will receive surgery at the Regional Hospital of the North through a pediatric cardiovascular brigade organized with support from international organizations and Salvadoran specialists.

The IHSS Regional Hospital in San Pedro Sula received specialized medical supplies and equipment from Gift of Life International for a pediatric open-heart surgery brigade scheduled for October 19–24, benefiting both insured and uninsured children.

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.

Video of IHSS security guards removing a patient from the waiting room at San Pedro Sula's Regional Hospital of the North sparked social-media outrage; hospital officials say the man was disrupting other patients and refusing to leave after multiple warnings.

A viral video captured security guards at the San Pedro Sula IHSS pushing a patient out of the emergency-room waiting area and kicking him; hospital authorities said he had placed his feet on seating and refused guards' orders to stop.

Jesús Alexis Maradiaga, a four-year-old from Santa Cruz de Yojoa who fell from a bus on May 21 and spent weeks in intensive care after two emergency surgeries, was discharged from IHSS on June 19; his grandfather's photo of prayer at the hospital's pediatric ICU had gone viral, drawing nationwide prayers for the child's recovery.

Honduras's Social Security Institute has begun a program to reduce its surgical waiting list, with 143 procedures already completed in San Pedro Sula, where more than 3,000 patients await surgery; the institute says it is cleaning up outdated records and contracting private medical firms to expand capacity.

Cancer patients at the Honduran Social Security Institute report a three-month shortage of carboplatin, an essential chemotherapy drug, forcing them to buy vials costing over L3,000 (about $120) out of pocket or forgo complete treatment.

Five of ten children with congenital heart disease have been successfully operated on during a pediatric cardiovascular surgery brigade at the IHSS hospital in San Pedro Sula.