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Honduras's Medical College is holding a 12-hour nationwide assembly on October 12 to press 15 labor demands, including halted dismissals, back pay, and a 12% budget allocation to public health, with emergency and critical-care units required to maintain coverage.

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.

The Medical College of Honduras and the Health Ministry ended talks without resolving a dispute over unpaid physician salaries, though the ministry says it has paid 95% of what is owed and the parties will meet again Friday to reconcile payment records.

Physician assemblies at Honduras's public-health institute have suspended outpatient consultations and elective surgeries for nearly a month, costing over L400 million (about $16 million), while doctors press demands for wage adjustments and contract improvements.

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.

The IHSS director said the institute has no unpaid salary debts to its physicians and called a doctors' work stoppage unjustified, asserting they are striking in solidarity with health workers at other institutions that do have payment arrears.