Honduras Funds Surgical Expansion and Drug Supply at Teaching Hospital

Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 23, 2026 · Originally reported October 21, 2026 by Presidencia de Honduras

The government is paying back wages to 334 interim doctors, opening six new operating rooms at the Teaching Hospital in Tegucigalpa to double daily surgeries from 60 to 120, and spending 274 million lempiras (about $11 million) on medicines and medical supplies.

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

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

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