The Hotel Doctor

The guest I had seen the previous day was found dead, I learned from the manager of a downtown hotel. A hotel doctor’s worst night...

If you want reach a hospital as fast as possible, get in your car and drive. Paramedics are slower. They’re essential if a problem...

After apologizing for waking me, the caller explained that his companion couldn’t sleep because she felt short of breath. Shortness of...

“A guest needs a doctor. Are you available?” “I am. If you connect me to his room, I’ll try to help.” My tone was businesslike...

“Our client had a heart attack,” explained the dispatcher from Universal Assistance. “He wants to go home, but the specialist says he ...

Universal Assistance asked me to see a young woman with abdominal pain at the Airport Hyatt. According to the dispatcher, she had no other...

Patients are often suicidally reluctant to wake a doctor, but I don’t object. Traffic is light, parking is easy, and since I have no off...

A guest had stumbled in the shower and thrown out her back. Could I make a visit to decide if she needed hospitalization? Going to t...

A guest told me she had a stomach virus, so I drove off in a relaxed mood. This is the second most common complaint that a hotel doctor ...

A member of an Argentine soccer team fell while roller staking, wrenching his ankle.  A doctor from their travel insurer in Buenos Aires det...