CoxHealth to open clinic in Walmart store

A local Walmart store is introducing a new product: basic health care services.

CoxHealth announced this morning that it will open a clinic in the Walmart Supercenter at 3315 S. Campbell Ave. on March 2.

"The Clinic at Walmart" will be open seven days a week, including nights and weekends, for basic walk-in services such as check-ups, immunizations, screenings and treatment of minor injuries, according to a news release. It will be Walmart's first in-store clinic in Missouri; the chain has 28 in-store clinics in seven other states.

"Our clinic is staffed with licensed health care providers for extended hours - including weekends - so families can receive care without a long wait," CoxHealth CEO Robert Bezanson said in the release. "We hope the clinic will also help ease the burden on our emergency rooms, by providing people with minor illnesses and ailments with another convenient, reliable treatment option."

Common medical procedures available at the clinic include treatment for sore throats, sinus infections, upper respiratory infections, earaches, bladder infections, and insect bites and stings, as well as cholesterol screenings, blood sugar testing, vaccinations, drug screenings and routine physicals.