The Hotel Doctor

A dispatcher from the agency that handles airline flight crew mentioned a sore throat, but the guest mentioned an “unprotected sexual ...

The Beverly Garland is a sixteen mile freeway drive. The guest had phoned at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. I avoid distant housecalls during th...

The desk clerk at an upscale hotel informed me that a guest wanted my services. The call arrived at 3 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon. I h...

Hearing this from a hotel guest, I know that (a) the guest is short of breath and (b) the guest probably doesn’t need oxygen – unless ...

A guest at the Doubletree had run out of insulin. I could have made a housecall, written a prescription, and a pharmacist would have f...

A call arrived as I was eating dinner at the home of friends. A gentleman at the Biltmore needed a doctor. The meal was ending, so I t...

As I was brushing my teeth one night, the phone rang for a housecall in Torrance, twenty miles distant. Traffic was no problem, and ...