00:00 It's one of the few places people in Port-au-Prince can receive medical care.
00:05 But even this hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, has been forced to cut its daily
00:10 outpatients from 150 to 50.
00:14 Staff and patients alike have trouble accessing the site due to violence in surrounding areas.
00:19 This man said police in an armoured vehicle shot him the previous day, adding all he had
00:24 in his hands at the time was a piece of wood he was hoping to sell as kindle.
00:29 "I heard gunshots coming from the armoured car.
00:35 So I hit the ground with my hand covering my head.
00:39 And when I saw all the blood, I thought I was going to die."
00:47 Armed gangs forced the closure of the main international airport in early March and have
00:51 paralysed operations at the country's largest seaport where containers filled with key supplies
00:57 remain stuck.
00:58 They've also looted and set fire to pharmacies.
01:02 Doctors here say they've run out of many medications used to treat diabetes, asthma and high blood
01:08 pressure.
01:09 "For more specialised types of healthcare, it's becoming more and more difficult to find
01:13 hospitals that are open, that have the drugs and the material necessary to provide that
01:20 kind of healthcare."
01:22 The gangs, who now control most of the capital, had set their siege with a battle to oust
01:27 former Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
01:30 Though since he said he would resign on March 11, there's been little let up in attacks.
01:35 Last week, Haiti named nine members of a transitional council in a bid to end the power vacuum and
01:41 violence that's long plagued the Caribbean nation.
01:45 The body is expected to choose a prime minister and wield certain presidential powers by majority
01:50 vote.
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