Forensic Experts to Probe Hospital Cost Overruns

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 22, 2026 · Originally reported August 20, 2026 by Once Noticias

Prosecutors have named three forensic experts to investigate alleged cost overruns of up to 158% on three hospitals built in Ocotepeque, Santa Bárbara, and Olancho under the previous administration, where costs reportedly swelled from roughly $79–80 million to about $200 million.

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

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