Community Involvement

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 – LAPLACE – SEMI FINAL SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR – Great day listening to all the wonderful students present their social studies projects. The two categories we judged were Division 1 (4th-5th grade) Geography and Division 1 (4th-5th grade) Sociology. Each project was very interesting and we were impressed by the student’s Read More

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 – LAPLACE – SEMI FINAL SOCIAL STUDIES FAIR – Great day listening to all the wonderful students present their social studies projects. The two categories we judged were Division 1 (4th-5th grade) Geography and Division 1 (4th-5th grade) Sociology. Each project was very interesting and we were impressed by the student’s Read More

  Dr. Douglas Mehaffie and The Urgent Care – Westbank Are Pleased to Announce the Opening of…   Check out our press release from River Region Chamber of Commerce! Tell me more!   The Urgent Care – LaPlace will be supplied with the same advanced medical equipment and software as Westbank Urgent Care. Medical software includes our top-of-the-line Electronic Medical Records, Read More

To support our local community, we collected over 200 nonperishable food items for Christ the King Catholic Church, who feeds the hungry in our community. Many families go without a Thanksgiving meal every year, but through a joined effort we can help end hunger in our community. We give much praise to Christ the King Read More

Pictured: Dr. Douglas Mehaffie, Medical Director of Westbank Urgent Care Proud to be a major sponsor at the 2014 Caregivers Symposium this year! We enjoyed reaching out to those in the community, especially caregivers and other local organizations who aid in the healthcare industry. This year, the Caregivers Symposium celebrates those who are “Standing in the Read More

What a success! Thank you to all those who came out to donate blood for Emma Romskey!  Sweet Emma is 3 years old and diagnosed with Rhabdomyscaroma, a cancerous tumor of the muscles. As a community, we can help her fight her cancer. Though we hope Emma will be in remission before our next blood drive, Read More

The Westbank’s First Urgent Care Turns 10! Westbank Urgent Care, the first urgent care clinic on the Westbank, will be celebrating 10 years of patient care during the month of September. Douglas T. Mehaffie, M.D., Medical Director of Westbank Urgent Care, first opened the doors in September 2004 for non-emergency, same-day medical treatments. Since then, the clinic Read More

On August 7th, The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an office of The Departmet Of Defense, has recognized Douglas T. Mehaffie, MD for Patriotic Employment. Dr. Mehaffie was nominated by employee Ashley Rodrique-Troost, PA-C, a member of Society of Army Physician Assistants and a former employee of Westbank Urgent Care. Ms. Rodrique-Troost is Read More

Thank you to all those who came out to volunteer and donate blood on Saturday, March 29! All blood donations (and points for those who attempted to donate) will be donated to three year old Leukemia patient Daniel Wedge IV. Daniel was diagnosed on December 5, 2013 with a blood cancer known as T-Cell Leukemia. Read More