The Hotel Doctor

A young woman at the Georgian Hotel felt a cold coming on, so she inspected her throat and discovered a dozen bumps on the far end of he...

When I started out in the 1980s, pharmaceutical companies sold pills labeled “placebo.” They don’t do that today, so a doctor who wants t...

Her child’s nose was bleeding, explained the mother. Could I come? I was tempted. Once in the hotel room, I would ask questions. I wou...

I keep an eye on Craigslist and the internet for new competitors on the housecall scene, and they turn up regularly. Other hotel doctors ...

My relations with other Los Angeles housecall doctors are civilized but not close. As a result, when I leave town there’s only one collea...

  “...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...