Second clinic opening at Walmart

Walmart and Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare are partnering to open Carson City's newest location for basic health care services - "The Clinic at Walmart" operated by Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics. The clinic is now open to patients and will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday inside the Walmart located at 3200 Market St., off College Parkway.

"By joining with Walmart to operate a second clinic at Walmart, Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics is improving access to health care in our community," said Richard Lawley, Vice President of Operations at CTPC. "Our clinic is staffed with licensed health care providers, even on nights and weekends, so families can walk in and know they will receive quality care without a long wait. Our mission is to serve this community, and the clinic is one more way we fulfill our mission."

The clinic will provide access to basic health care services, seven days a week, with no appointment necessary. This location is the second retail health clinic owned and operated by Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics. The clinic will be open for walk-in care 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The clinic will treat common health ailments and offer routine services. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

Acne; bladder infections; camp and school physicals; common vaccinations; ear aches; flu; insect bites and stings; minor wounds; sinus infections; upper respiratory infections

The clinic joins the first clinic operated by the physicians clinic, located off Topsy Lane in Douglas County, and is among six other clinic at Walmart locations in Nevada.