{"id":295411,"date":"2010-02-09T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:magazine.nd.edu,2005:News\/14585"},"modified":"2010-02-09T09:52:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T14:52:38","slug":"the-aftermath-haitian-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/295411","title":{"rendered":"The aftermath: Haitian photo gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"image-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21222\/ht11.jpg\" title=\"ht11.jpg\" alt=\"ht11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Daniel J. Towle, a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame, was among the first response medical team arriving in Haiti. The team was stationed in Leogane, the headquarters of the Notre Dame Haiti project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeogane was the epicenter and is 95 percent leveled,\u201d he wrote in an email. \u201cOur three \u2018operating rooms\u2019 set up in the nursing school dormitory rooms saw more than 350 patients a day and did 120 surgeries, providing what was reported to be the best care in the entire region of over 200,000, plus those in the mountains brought down to us.\u201d The child pictured on the right suffered a large head laceration, which was surgically repaired.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Towle, who has returned to the United States, shares photos from his visit. Other doctors are constantly being rotated in and out of the area.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"callout\">\n<li>Related articles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/haiti.nd.edu\/\">The Notre Dame Haiti program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/news\/14562-after-the-quake-help-for-haiti\">After the quake: Help for Haiti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/news\/14565-an-angry-mob-and-an-earthquake\">Joey Leary&#8217;s report from the field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/news\/14555-another-email-reports-from-haiti\">Another email: Reports from Haiti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"gallery\" id=\"assets_gallery\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21212\/ht1photo.jpg\" alt=\"Two children with temporary casts awaiting surgery.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Two children with temporary casts awaiting surgery.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht1photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21212\/square\/ht1photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21213\/ht2photo.jpg\" alt=\"Using a tree limb as part of a cast that stabilized two broken legs.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Using a tree limb as part of a cast that stabilized two broken legs.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht2photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21213\/square\/ht2photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21214\/ht3photo.jpg\" alt=\"A 4-year-old in the arms of 11-year-old sister, awaiting surgery. Now they are orphans.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"A 4-year-old in the arms of 11-year-old sister, awaiting surgery. Now they are orphans.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht3photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21214\/square\/ht3photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21215\/ht4photo.jpg\" alt=\"Carrying a patient to X-ray as there were very few stretchers.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Carrying a patient to X-ray as there were very few stretchers.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht4photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21215\/square\/ht4photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21216\/ht5photo.jpg\" alt=\"Relief workers, sound asleep.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Relief workers, sound asleep.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht5photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21216\/square\/ht5photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21217\/ht6photo.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Towle on the way to the OR with a small patient.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Dr. Towle on the way to the OR with a small patient.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht6photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21217\/square\/ht6photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21218\/ht7photo.jpg\" alt=\"In recovery after surgery for a broken femur with post-op instructions written on the cast.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"In recovery after surgery for a broken femur with post-op instructions written on the cast.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht7photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21218\/square\/ht7photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21219\/ht8photo.jpg\" alt=\"Campsite of medical volunteers outside the Notre Dame Haiti house.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Campsite of medical volunteers outside the Notre Dame Haiti house.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht8photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21219\/square\/ht8photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21220\/ht9photo.jpg\" alt=\"Supplies begin to arrive at the Notre Dame Haiti house. Boxes of water tablets are on the left.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Supplies begin to arrive at the Notre Dame Haiti house. Boxes of water tablets are on the left.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht9photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21220\/square\/ht9photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21221\/ht10photo.jpg\" alt=\"Sign on relief supplies.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Sign on relief supplies.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht10photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21221\/square\/ht10photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21228\/ht12photo.jpg\" alt=\"An injured child needing nasal feeding after head trauma caused by house collapse.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"An injured child needing nasal feeding after head trauma caused by house collapse.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht12photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21228\/square\/ht12photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21229\/ht13photo.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Towle tries to resuscitate an infant boy born six weeks early. The child later died in Dr. Towle's arms while awaiting evacuation in a Marine helicopter.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Dr. Towle tries to resuscitate an infant boy born six weeks early. The child later died in Dr. Towle's arms while awaiting evacuation in a Marine helicopter.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht13photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21229\/square\/ht13photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21231\/ht14photo.jpg\" alt=\"Orthopedic hand surgeon Dr. Kevin Olehnik, a '78 ND grad, with an injured child.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Orthopedic hand surgeon Dr. Kevin Olehnik, a '78 ND grad, with an injured child.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht14photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21231\/square\/ht14photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21232\/ht15photo.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Towle on the road to villages, looking for the injured who could not get to Leogane.\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Dr.Towle on the road to villages, looking for the injured who could not get to Leogane.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ht15photo\" src=\"http:\/\/magazine.nd.edu\/assets\/21232\/square\/ht15photo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Daniel J. Towle, a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame, was among the first response medical team arriving in Haiti. The team was stationed in Leogane, the headquarters of the Notre Dame Haiti project. \u201cLeogane was the epicenter and is 95 percent leveled,\u201d he wrote in an email. \u201cOur three \u2018operating rooms\u2019 set up in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}