Salamá Hospital Stalled Since March as Residents Demand Completion

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 3, 2026 · Originally reported October 2, 2026 by HCH

The hospital in Salamá, Olancho, begun under the Castro administration, has sat abandoned since March, leaving residents of more than 14 municipalities to travel hours for medical care with no date set to resume work.

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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