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It is possible for children to receive medical care in the States during their adoption process. It is called a medical visa and in order to get one a child must have a host family in the US, US doctors who will agree to treat the child free of charge, and a doctor in Haiti who will attest to the danger that the child is in if they do not receive the medical care in the States. However, the governments (obviously) don't just give them for anything.
Medical care in Haiti is not good generally speaking; I know our orphanage would rather keep sick children at the orphanage than send them to the hospital if it's possible. You really just need to ask your orphanage/agency/facilitator for more information as to if there were complications and what they were. You should be able to get a medical record of some kind if you ask. (It would be all in French but at least you would have it for your child's health records once they arrive home.) Another question you could ask is how often pedatricians visit the orphanage because that would help you know what kind of follow up care your child will receive, especially if it seems like he is chronically ill. One more thing that might matter is what kind of medical care can be provided at your orphanage. Our orphanage has a well stocked medical supply closet (per the words of a visiting doctor and respitory therapist) and has a room where the weekly pedatrician visits can conducted in. I've heard not all orphanage have this not due to their lack of concern over kids but because they simply can't afford it. But asking about it would help you know. (And if you didn't think they had the supplies they needed, maybe you could help them get them.)
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