Abstract
The legendary image of the physician on horseback must have entered the minds of many medical personnel caught in New York City's transit strike. In reality, the horse was probably the only mode of transportation not used in the emergency. Personnel from the area's 124 medical institutions utilized bicycles, helicopters, rented buses and trucks, elaborately planned car pools and, above all, their own feet to reach jobs. The primary problems created by the mass transit stoppage involved logistics of getting nonprofessional employees to the hospitals and medical centers. No critical medical difficulties had occurred by the strike's sixth day, officials of the Greater New York Hospital Association told<i>JAMA</i>Medical News. Voluntary blood donations were curtailed, but most hospitals supplemented their inventories from outside sources and their own employees. Only scattered reductions of elective surgery schedules were reported. No necessary procedures were postponed, administrators reported. Transportation problems were lessened on
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