Small World

We decided to have Shanti get an exam at a western style clinic while we were still in Nepal for two reasons. One was that we wanted her to be tested for a couple of infectious diseases that had not been done. Second, I wanted to speak with a local doctor about what were the likely and typical diseases she might be exposed to here in Nepal so I could know to watch for them once we returned to the US. So we made an appointment at the CIWEC clinic for a basic physical exam appt.

The CIWEC clinic is a very nice western style clinic staffed with doctors, nurses and receptionists fluent in English. It’s very clean, well lit and friendly. The charges are similar to western charges, but not bad at $55 for a visit plus whatever labs you have done. It specializes in travel medicine, but has full family medicine and pediatric services as well. It has a great website at:

www.ciwec-clinic.com

We are ushered in after a basic history vitals done the nurse, we move to another room and the doctor (Ravi Vadlamudi) comes in and we start to talk. When he learns we’re from Alaska, he asks if we know RN. Shockingly, we do, he’s one of the ER docs at the hospital I work at and our kids are in daycare together. Turns out Ravi and RN were in the peace corps in Nepal in the 90’s. Ravi is a family medicine doctor who previously was a faculty member of the family medicine program at Tulane University Medical School, who had recently moved to Nepal with his wife, an infectious disease specialist, and their two children.

So I was impressed with the CIWEC Clinic, got the tests and info I needed and realized that it really is a small world.


Gotta love those smiles!