The Hotel Doctor

  “She speaks Spanish. I’m not sure what’s going on, but she needs a doctor.”  The caller was the night manager at the Torrance Marriott. ...

  “I have the European plague. I need a doctor.” “Excuse me?...” “I have the European plague. I need a doctor for the American plague.” ...

  A national housecall service connected me with a guest at the Montage in Beverly Hills. She was suffering the flu; I told her I’d arrive i...

A hotel guest phoned to ask when I’d arrive. “In about fifteen minutes.” On her initial call, I had told her I would arrive in an hour...

  A travel insurer reported a sick child at the Anaheim Holiday Inn, near Disneyland forty miles away. Freeway traffic was tolerable, but wh...

  I drove to Glendale to care for an elderly Argentine lady who had been vomiting. That can be a tricky problem in an old person, but she wa...

  “My son with pain in ear. Maybe he need a doctor.” “I can come to the hotel.” “Not today. I give medicine. Maybe if he has pain tomorr...