The Injured
−At Relief Stations−
The injured headed for, or were carried to, elementary schools and other locations used as temporary relief stations. However, most of Hiroshima's doctors were dead, and medical supplies were soon exhausted. The relief stations were filled with people unable either to get up and leave or receive adequate treatment.
First Municipal Elementary SchoolAt the eastern foot of Hijiyama Hill in Dambara District was First Municipal Elementary School (2,600m from the hypocenter, now known as Dambara Junior High School). The school's auditorium and classrooms, shielded by the hill, were still standing. They became relief stations where hundreds of injured were housed. A section of the school grounds became a makeshift crematorium. |
Seriously wounded children |
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 August 7-20 Taken by Army Marine Headquarters Photographer's Unit Donated by Keisuke Misonou Courtesy of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council |
 August 7-20 Taken by Masami Onuka Donated by Keisuke Misonou Courtesy of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council |
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 The injured lying on the matAugust 7Taken by Masami Onuka Courtesy of Association of the Photographers of the Atomic (Bomb) Destruction of Hiroshima |
Ninoshima IslandNinoshima Island in Hiroshima Bay approximately 10km from the hypocenter was home to the army quarantine and other military facilities, which were assigned to take in the injured in times of emergency such as air raids. As the island suffered almost no direct damage from the atomic bombing, large numbers of injured victims were transferred there by boat. However, as in the other relief stations, the victims were unable to receive adequate treatment. |
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Relief Stations in the CityIn addition to schools, relief stations were set up in tents and any buildings that had not collapsed. Because the nausea and diarrhea caused by radiation were wrongly diagnosed as dysentery, Fukuya Department Store was designated a temporary infectious disease hospital. |
 Inside of Fukuya Department StoreAugust 9-12 Hatchobori 740m from the hypocenterTaken by Hajime Miyatake Courtesy of Asahi Shimbun |
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Fukuya Department StoreAugust 8-9 Hatchobori 740m from the hypocenterTaken by Yukio Kunihira Courtesy of Mainichi Shimbun |
Hiroshima Second Army Hospital's temporary relief station set up on embankment at Otagawa River (above) and the wounded in the relief station (below)August 9 Moto-machi 1,150m from the hypocenter(above) Taken by Yotsugi Kawahara Courtesy of Association of the Photographers of the Atomic (Bomb) Destruction of Hiroshima (below) Taken by Yotsugi Kawahara 
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