The hotel doctor from Doctors in Italy

Why it is on the list

A request reaches the doctors in the area on their phones the moment it is sent, day or night, and the doctor comes to the room. Every doctor speaks English, the fee is shown and paid before the visit, and weekends, holidays and evenings are covered.¹ The visit can be a general practitioner, a pediatrician, a dermatologist, an orthopedic doctor or a nurse, and it ends with a paper prescription for any pharmacy and an itemised invoice for insurance.¹ In Rome the service runs its own clinic at Via Frattina 48, with primary care, pediatrics, gynecology, cardiology, dermatology, orthopedics and ultrasound under one roof.²

It is the wrong call for an emergency: a doctor on call is likely, not guaranteed.¹ When the guest can walk, the clinic takes walk-ins on weekdays from 10.30 to 16.30, and on weekends at shorter hours.²

How to get it

Send the request through the house-call page at any hour; the doctors who can come reply with a time and a fee, and the guest picks one and pays online by card or PayPal.¹ House calls start from about EUR 40.¹ For the clinic, call +39 06 679 0695 or write on WhatsApp to +39 351 996 7213; primary care there is EUR 60 to 85 and a specialist EUR 110 to 150.² Doctors of the Rome clinic team can bill Aetna, Allianz, Cigna, CISI, Healix, Henner and United Healthcare Global directly, once cover is confirmed before the visit; anyone else pays and claims with the invoice.²¹ With a fever, a cough or shortness of breath, call or write before going to the clinic.²

Discretion

The doctor is seen in the hotel room, not a waiting room, and the fee is settled online before the visit, so nothing changes hands at the door.¹