Three Cardiologists Quit IHSS Over Low Pay

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 8, 2026 · Originally reported July 7, 2026 by HCH

Three cardiologists have left Honduras's public health institute (IHSS), citing low wages and the lack of permanent appointments, leaving the system with just one cardiologist when officials say five to seven are needed in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula alone.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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