WILL HAVE UPDATES RIGHT ON KMBC. KRIS: WE’VE AN UPDATE ON A NINE NEWS INVESTIGATION ABOUT A PLACE WHERE THINGS ARE GONE FROM BAD TO WEAR THAN A LOCAL DOCTOR STILL WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LAST FALL, WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF DR. TED HIGGINS AND A VITAL SURGICAL CENTER HE STARTED IN HAITI, A COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS WITH PEOPLE SITTING -- SAVING LIVES RISKING THEIR OWN TO DO IT. IT IS HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN A COUNTRY GRIPPED IN CRISIS. >> THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT. >> A COUNTRY RUN BY STREET GANGS. >> GANGS HAVE GOTTEN STRONGER. WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH HIGHER NUMBERS OF GANG MEMBERS. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. >> WHEN LAST WE SPOKE WITH PRAIRIE VILLAGE SURGEON DR. TED HIGGINS. >> SO DID IT COME IN THIS WAY? >> HE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW GANGS HAD SHOT ONE OF HIS FELLOW HAITIAN SURGEONS. >> WE’VE HAD DOCTORS COME IN AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM KIDNAP SITUATIONS TO GO BACK TO WORK. >> BACK TO WORK AT A SURGICAL CENTER AN HOUR EAST OF THE CAPITAL. HIGGINS HELPED BUILD IT IN 2016. LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED HERE EVERY DAY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE GANGS, PATIENTS CANNOT GET THERE. SUPPLIES CANNOT GET THERE. >> IT IS A REAL SHAME BECAUSE MANY OF THESE PATIENTS DIE. WOMEN THAT NEED C-SECTIONS CANNOT GET TO US. WE HAVE SEEN THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES. >> FOR NOW WORK CONTINUES ON NEW LIVING QUARTERS FOR THEIR STAFF. GANGS MAKE IT TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. BUT HIGGINS IS HERE NOW TO SAY NOW IS THE TIME FOR FOREIGN INTERVENTION. FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY COME IN AND RESTORE POWER, BUT WHICH COUNTRY? >> SO JUMPING INTO A COLD LAKE. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN AND EVERYBODY IS WAITING AROUND FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOVE. >> HIGGINS HAS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF EVERYONE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, CONGRESS, EVEN THE U.N. AND IT IS WHY HE IS MORE WORRIED THAN EVER ABOUT THE FUTURE. >> BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT CHOLERA STILL PRESENT DOWN THERE, YOU GOT STARVATION BECAUSE FOOD CANNOT GET DELIVERED. YOU’VE GOT FUEL, IT IS NOT THERE, IS NOT BEING DELIVERED. IT IS GOING TO BE THERE -- THERE IS GOING TO BE A MORE DOWN THERE, THAT IS GOING TO DO SIZE OF SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. KRIS: FOREIGN COUNTRIES HAVE FAILED FOR DECADES TRYING TO PUT HAITI ON A DIFFERENT COURSE AND THAT IS WHY FOREIGN INTERVENTION IS NOT A POPULAR IDEA, BUT HIGGINS THINKS THAT THE GANG PROBLEM IS SO BAD NOW HAITIAN PEOPLE MIGHT WELCOME FOREIGN HELP. THERE IS MORE ON THE WORK OF DR. HIGGINS AT HIGGINS BROTHER