Natick, September 27th, 2016. Patch Adams was the founder of the Gesundheit! Institute, a free community hospital. He is also a physician, clown, and activist who believes that treating his patients with love, humor, and creativity is equally important as traditional medical care. He is author of “Gesundheit!”, which was made into the movie, Patch Adams, starring the late Robin Williams.
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About the speaker: Patch Adams founded Gesundheit! Institute as a free community hospital. After running it for free for 12 years, he began to travel worldwide, giving presentations and delivering lectures to medical schools and conferences to spread awareness about the alternative medical facilities for treating patients. He also made clown trips to hospitals, elder homes, orphanages, war zones, natural disaster sites, and refugee camps. Of late, he is working to re-build Gesungheit Institute as a community eco-village health care facility in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. 
