By Hector Martinez on May 7, 2012
health, medical, workers
General Honduras News

Honduras’s medical interns have been on strike for 45 days, demanding a doubled salary and improved working conditions, such as a rest area and private toilet. The UNAH Director, Julieta Castellanos, on Friday had informed students that those absent 50% of their scheduled time must repeat their internships. The spokesperson for the students, however, claimed […]
By Jennifer Catracha on May 2, 2012
doctors, honduras, medical, treatment, wages
General Honduras News

Doctors in Honduras have given the Secretariat of Health 72 hours to pay for long overdue wages to 160 doctors, or they will stop working. Elmer Mayes, President of the Honduras Medical College (CMH : Colegio Medico de Honduras), said yesterday that the doctors who will participate in the strike are those who work in […]
By gringa on March 11, 2012
medical, medicine, preventative medicine
General Honduras News

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Melissa Sparks, a Medical Element member who works in preventive medicine at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, gives a child de-wormer after their preventive medicine briefing on the last day of the medical readiness and training exercise March 10. Each person received a preventive medicine briefing then proceeded to the […]
By gringa on March 8, 2012
honduras, la ceiba, medical, training
General Honduras News

LA CEIBA, Honduras – Two service members, who are assigned to Army Forces Battalion, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, provide communications during the medical readiness and training exercise in the village here March 7.
By Jennifer Catracha on January 31, 2012
health care, IHSS, medical, social security
Human Interest
The Honduran Institute of Social Security, (IHSS) is going digital. The modernization is at last taking place, easing frustrations for employers and employees, doctors, patients, and accountants alike. Data entry will begin in March, with 600,000 affiliates’ medical information needing input. Authorities anticipate the database to be fully available in October or November; the capital […]