Passport Health Durham - RTP Travel Clinic

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the clinic’s lights were off and everyone had gone home, a soft humming could be heard coming from inside. A regular noticed it first while waiting for his appointment the next morning. Curious, he peeked through the window and saw only shadows moving around. The next day, during his visit, he asked one of the nurses if they’d been having technical issues. She laughed and said, ‘Oh no, that’s just our air conditioning kicking in.’ The regular left, shaking his head and smiling, realizing sometimes Durham can be as mysterious—and as mundane—as any other city.

2. In the early morning hours, before anyone else arrived, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Who exactly is getting vaccinated here at 4 AM?’ A nurse with sleep-rumpled hair smiled and said, 'Oh, just our VIP patient—Durham's most important chicken!' The delivery driver burst out laughing so hard he nearly spilled his coffee, realizing it was all a big joke.

3. In the quiet of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to the clinic's loading dock. Curious eyes scanned the empty parking lot. Among the usual boxes and packages, something unusual caught his attention—a small envelope, addressed simply to 'The Next Patient.' He opened it carefully, revealing a note scribbled in childish handwriting: ‘Please wait inside—we’re almost done with the flu shot!’ A little embarrassed, he knocked on the door, only to be greeted by a friendly receptionist who said, “Welcome to Passport Health! We’ve been expecting you.”

4. At midnight, after the last patient left, an automated voice announced over the clinic’s intercom: ‘Please be advised that our flu vaccine supply has been mysteriously replaced with bottles of ketchup.’ The next morning, a delivery driver arrived with boxes marked ‘flu vaccines.’ As he unpacked them, everyone noticed they were filled with cans of beans instead. A regular patient quipped, ‘Guess we’re getting a healthy dose of protein today!’