The Hotel Doctor

  “...allo!!” shouted a little girl from her bed as I walked in, but that was her only English. Her French parents had called because she...

My last post reported a housecall service that charged an unbelievable fee. By an odd coincidence within a week I came across another new...

5:30 a.m. Saturday is an ideal time for a call. I had finished writing and was sitting down to breakfast. I told the dispatcher I would b...

Stepping out of the shower, a Doubletree guest stumbled and nicked his leg. He had paid little attention, but now, two days later, the wo...

It was midnight when the phone woke me. An Emirate flight attendant at the Hilton in Costa Mesa needed a doctor. That Hilton is in Oran...

A guest at the Crowne Plaza was feeling under the weather. The guest spoke poor English but, through the bellman, asked if I took his ...

A one year-old at the Ramada was fussy and congested, but my exam was normal. She had a cold, I explained. It was not serious but might ...