San Pedro Sula.
This Monday the doctor died Enrique Octavio Samayoa Montcada, Former Minister of Health and former President of the Medical College of Honduras.
It was learned that Dr. Samayoa died in a private hospital in San Pedro Sula, where he was an intern fighting the covid-19 for several days.
The death of the former Minister of Health was confirmed by Carlos Umaña, president of the Association of Physicians of the Honduran Institute of Social Security (IHSS) in San Pedro Sula.
“Our deepest condolences to the family and medical guild for the death of Dr. Enrique Samayoa Montcada Former Minister of Health and former president of the CMH,” Umaña wrote on Twitter.
Dr. Enrique Samayoa Montcada graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (Exchange) In 1959. He was Minister of Health between 1994 and 1998.
More than 70 doctors have died in Honduras from the new coronavirus. The medical guild has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, so on several occasions doctors have demanded anti-vaccine vaccines from the government.
The National Risk Management System (Sinager) reported last night that Honduras has 173,729 cases of covid-19 and 4,260 deaths from the disease, although the number could be higher.
In late March Honduras began vaccinating medical and administrative staff at hospitals, after the state of Israel gave 5,000 doses of the Modern vaccine; just over 2,500 people were inoculated, but there are still thousands of workers at the Health waiting for the vaccine.
Last week the Honduran government signed an agreement with Russia for the purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine.