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2 stories in Tegucigalpa · #surgical-backlog
Clear filtersHospital San Felipe Completes 3,600 Surgeries Since April
Hospital San Felipe has performed more than 3,600 surgical procedures and biopsies since April 2026, with ophthalmology accounting for over 1,500 cases, as part of an effort to reduce the surgical backlog and serve patients who had waited two to three years for operations.
Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)Read in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Aug 15, 2026#surgical-backlog#hospital-capacity#ophthalmologyPayments to Private Hospitals Mask Deeper Health System Flaws
A former IHSS hospital manager criticized the government's L10 million in payments to private hospitals for 145 surgical procedures, arguing that spending on private care cannot substitute for strengthening the weak public health system through better staffing, resources, and administration.
El LibertadorRead in EnglishLeer en EspañolPublished on Honduras Daily · Aug 15, 2026#health-system#surgical-backlog#private-hospitals