poverty. because you don't have gasoline, do you think that that is risking the lives of some of your patients? because they can't get the treatment that they need? >> yeah. of course. of course. it is a problem for us. >> reporter: pierre runs haiti's largest cancer treatment center at innovating health international. he showed us this x-ray machine, like other equipment here, sitting idle because there's not enough gas to run the facility's generator full-time. in another darkened room nearby, we use our phone's flashlight to see a bank of refrigerators with medicine for chemotherapy all turned off. you put ice in there to keep this cold because you can't -- you don't have enough gas? >> yes, no, i don't have enough gas. >> to run a generator to keep these fridge temporaries on? >> yes. >> reporter: this clinic is still treating patients, something that is barely happening inside the empty hallways of hospital de la pay.