The Hotel Doctor

The experiences of a Los Angeles hotel and housecall doctor.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Tricky Problems

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  It upsets me to collect a fee and then send a patient to a clinic or emergency room for care I can’t provide in a housecall. I try to anti...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

When the Doctor Needs Your Help

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  Almost every hotel guest that I see is working or taking an expensive vacation, so illness is more inconvenient than usual. Everyone agree...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Not Again! Again.

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I was minding my own business on a plane returning to Los Angeles when I heard the elderly man in the adjacent middle-seat say:   “Victori...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

What Makes Travelers Sick

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  American water. Travelers worry that our fierce advocacy of the free market includes opposition to government meddling in the water supp...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Keeping a Child Safe

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  On days I don’t go to the gym, I take a brisk one hour walk through my neighborhood. One route passes an elementary school a mile away. ...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Another Spiked Drink

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  It was one a.m. as I drove Santa Monica Boulevard, but crowds packed the sidewalks in West Hollywood, lining up to hear the latest band. A...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

An Exotic Travel Destination

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  Tourists come to America expecting a strange foreign land. They usually leave satisfied, but encountering an American doctor is an unexpec...
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