PORT-AU-PRINCE: In early March, 31-year-old Melchior visited a doctor in his home country of Haiti, complaining of headaches.
He underwent an MRI, and got his diagnosis several days later: a tumor in the pituitary gland, at the base of his brain. Advertisement Advertisement Melchior's neurologists told him the surgery he needed could not be performed in the country, where the poorly funded health care system is ill-equipped to handle cancer patients.