The Hotel Doctor

AXA insures foreign tourists but has grown fond of American insurer tactics which means it has a number of reasons for not paying me. ...

As a hotel doctor, I save lives – almost always by calling paramedics or sending guests to an emergency room. Now and then I cure so...

A young woman complained that urinating was painful, and she was running frequently to the bathroom. That sounded like the common bl...

In the old days doctors took for granted that anyone who practiced alternative medicine (herbalists, naturopaths, homeopaths, Ayurveda, ...

The phone rang as I sat down to breakfast at 6 a.m. The caller was Le Montage, a super-luxury hotel in Beverly Hills. The hotel is only ...

The lady who answered the door had no idea who I was. “Carlos! Did you call a doctor?” she shouted over her shoulder. He had. Ca...

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