The Hotel Doctor

A tour leader explained that one of his group wanted a doctor to look at her hand. She had fallen. Minor injuries are easy, but I do...

Someone at a Beverly Hills hotel had struck his head on the edge of a table. Blood was gushing, and he wanted a doctor. Scalp lacera...

If you receive an antibiotic for a respiratory infection, it’s probably a placebo because almost all respiratory infections are viruses....

Park La-Brea Towers is a huge apartment complex in West Hollywood. I’ve been there a dozen times. Inside, the buildings have numbers wh...

It’s August. Wearing a suit and tie, I’m reminded of how much I resent hotels that refuse to let me park free. I only learned that the C...

A caller in Huntington Beach was having a panic attack. He had had them before, and he needed a doctor to come and make sure he wasn’t d...

A guest at the Westin wanted a doctor to look at a rash. I quoted the fee, always a tense moment. “Do you take insurance?” If th...