The Hotel Doctor

Le Meredien in Beverly Hills has a firm policy against recommending a doctor. This does not mean that it never calls, only that a call...

  “Is he a VIP?” “All our citizens are VIPs” said the consul for Qatar, referring to a countryman at the Airport Hilton. Sick gu...

A singer felt a sore throat coming on, his manager explained. He needed a shot of cortisone. I’ve given many; singers seem to think th...

Long ago a man phoned to inform me that he was on his honeymoon and would like a shot of testosterone. I explained that this was unlikel...

The guest had the medicine and syringes; all I had to do was draw it up give the injection. The drug was a blood thinner she needed afte...

Give miracle shots. Whenever a movie character is crazy or really upset, a doctor delivers a shot that calms him. I wish I knew what it ...

Mostly, these callers are wrong, but now and then I hear from a guest undergoing legitimate treatment – usually for infertility – who ne...

“A shot to put her out.” More than once I’m called when a guest suffers a tragic loss such as the death of a child or spouse. Distre...

A woman under treatment for infertility needed a progesterone shot every month. She had the vial. Could I send a nurse?... Why do do...