[April 3, 2020]
"De Blasio first broached the idea of enlisting civilian health care workers Thursday but did not explain how such a program might work.
“I think it’s time for our nation to enlist our medical personnel on a national basis,” the mayor said at a coronavirus briefing. “We don’t have the same kind of draft we used to have, but we’re going to have to create something new right now at this moment in history to enlist all available medical personnel around the country, and I mean civilians. Anyone with medical training anywhere in the country who can be spared by their city, their town, their state to come to the front.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/nyc-mayor-urges-national-enlistment-program-for-doctors
"De Blasio first broached the idea of enlisting civilian health care workers Thursday but did not explain how such a program might work.
“I think it’s time for our nation to enlist our medical personnel on a national basis,” the mayor said at a coronavirus briefing. “We don’t have the same kind of draft we used to have, but we’re going to have to create something new right now at this moment in history to enlist all available medical personnel around the country, and I mean civilians. Anyone with medical training anywhere in the country who can be spared by their city, their town, their state to come to the front.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/nyc-mayor-urges-national-enlistment-program-for-doctors