Longs said the clinics are scheduled to open at its Town Center of Mililani and 'Ewa Beach stores by the end of the year.

The independent clinic operations will be staffed by physicians overseeing physician assistants and nurse practitioners who will provide basic healthcare such as treatment of colds, flu, infections, rashes and strep throat. Services will be delivered on a walk-in basis, so no appointments will be necessary.

The Advertiser reported the plan by Longs to open the clinics at the two stores last month, though the retailer then would say only that it was considering adding walk-in medical clinics in Hawai'i and Mainland stores.

California-based Longs on the Mainland has independent clinics in four stores as well as Quest Diagnostic Labs in nine stores.