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Honduras's Medical College warns that physician protests over months of unpaid salaries will intensify after a national holiday if the government does not provide concrete payment solutions, with the current 30-day work stoppage already forcing thousands of hospital appointments and procedures to be suspended and rescheduled.

Honduras's social-security institute (IHSS) announced it will fully resume health services and administrative work on October 12 after concluding informational assemblies by the medical college at its clinics and hospitals nationwide.

Honduras has recorded 299 cases of myiasis caused by the screwworm fly as of mid-September, approaching the 300 cases reported for all of 2025, with Francisco Morazán accounting for most infections and health officials warning vulnerable groups to keep wounds covered.

Six hospital projects show a split picture: facilities in Choluteca, Tocoa, and Bay Islands are 24–58% complete and funded by international development banks, while hospitals in Santa Bárbara, Ocotepeque, and Olancho face investigations, contract disputes, and budget shortfalls that threaten completion.

Hundreds of families in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods live alongside severely polluted rivers and streams choked with sewage and garbage, exposing residents to health hazards and environmental risks.

Merchants and residents report that raw sewage overflow, crumbling streets, and years of neglect in a busy commercial sector of San Pedro Sula are driving away customers, damaging vehicles, and creating public-health hazards.

From late March through early May 2026, Honduras paid an average of L65,000 (about $2,600) per operation to private clinics to reduce a backlog of more than 13,700 patients waiting for surgery in public hospitals, spending nearly L10 million in the first eight weeks.