
/7110706_be2b7ee92a_h-047e7b2190714095a8cf33d6d7b6e101.jpg)


This notion alters the concept of the hospital, as the emphasis is placed on relationships and interdependence instead of a money-making business. Through the facilitation of friendship and laughter in terminally ill patients, their sufferings and burdens would be alleviated. This focuses on a therapeutic approach because he believes that the body would be able to treat its illnesses without the utilization of prescription medications and drugs.

Since Patch’s goal is to ensure that patients are provided with the utmost care, love, and happiness, he founded a non-profit healthcare organization called the Gesundheit Institute. According to him, the best way to fulfill this mission would be to become a medical professional in order to conceptualize effective plans for renewing the healthcare system. Thus, he decided to commit his life to build friendships with the patients and spreading happiness and compassion along the way. There, he observed that the admitted patients in the facility were left alone with inadequate interactions with others. Fortunately, he decided to be admitted to a mental institution instead of taking his own life. With frequent contemplation and attempts of suicide, his mental health was also not at its best condition especially since his uncle had suffered a tragic fate, his romantic relationship had abruptly ended, and his educational attainment had been put to a halt. He visited the hospital a few times in order to receive the proper treatment for his wounds. After his father’s passing, Adams moved to Virginia where he was severely bullied and abused by his peers in school. This meant that he spent most of his childhood living in army bases because his father was a United States Army officer who was assigned to fight in the war. Hunter Doherty Adams was born on May 28, 1945, a time when World War II was still in progress.
