The Hotel Doctor

The experiences of a Los Angeles hotel and housecall doctor.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

A Hotel Doctor's Thanksgiving

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I had finished breakfast at 7 a.m. on Thursday when the phone rang. A Quantas pilot at the Hilton in Anaheim was suffering a respiratory...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

It's Not an Ear Infection!

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When I peered into the guest’s ear, the drum looked normal, so there was no middle-ear infection. When I pulled his earlobe, it hurt but...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Housecalls Are Not Cheap

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A lady fell, catching herself on outstretched palms. That often breaks the tip of the radius where it meets the wrist, and she felt pain...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

Customers Come and Customers Go

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American doctors complain about paperwork, but it’s no problem with me. I give guests a copy of the record I write in the room. I fax th...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Bringing the Housecall into the Twenty-First Century, Part 2

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My July 2 post concerned Medicast, a service that arrived in Los Angeles with the goal of bringing the housecall into the internet age...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Hotel Visits I Don't Make

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I don’t make housecalls for certain symptoms: shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of consciousness, and severe abdominal pain. Tre...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

How Can I Break Into Hotel Doctoring?

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My first response is always: read my blog. Begun in 2009, it contains everything you need to know about hotel doctoring including how I ...
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