Patch is able to convince the board in a final speech that he did his best to help the people that came to him, and as a doctor it is his responsibility to treat the disease of the body as well as a person's spirit regardless of outcome.
He files a grievance with the state medical board at the advice of his former Med school roommate, Mitch Roman (Philip Seymour Hoffman), and must attend a hearing where it is decided whether he can graduate. However he is dismissed from the school for a second time because he ran a clinic and practiced medicine without a license. He then turns to see a butterfly which reminds him of Carin and hope, and so decides to continue his work in her honor. He contemplates suicide and questions God for what happened. He reconsiders his outlook, and questions the goodness of humanity. Patch is devastated and guilt-ridden by Carin's death. Larry turns out to be far more disturbed than anybody expected, and murders Carin, turning the shotgun on himself soon after. Encouraged, Carin wants to help a disturbed patient, Lawrence "Larry" Silver (Douglas Roberts), by visiting him at home. She reveals to him that she had been molested as a child, distancing herself from men and dreaming of becoming a butterfly to escape her torment, but Patch reassures her that she can overcome her pain to help others. When they get the clinic running, they treat walk-in patients without medical insurance, and perform comedy sketches for them.Ĭarin and Patch's friendship soon turns into romance. Together with Carin, medical student Truman Schiff (Daniel London), and some old friends, he renovates an old cottage. With the help of Arthur Mendelson (Harold Gould), a wealthy man who was a patient whom Patch met while in the mental hospital, he purchases 105 acres (425,000 m²) in West Virginia to construct the future Gesundheit! Institute. Adams encourages medical students to cultivate relationships with nurses and learn their interviewing skills early, and argues that death should be treated with dignity and even humor.Īdams begins a friendship with fellow student, Carin Fisher (Monica Potter), and develops his idea for a medical clinic built around his philosophy of treating patients through humor and compassion. Because of this and other incidents, including a prank during a medical conference, he is expelled from the school, although he is later reinstated due to his methods actually improving the health of patients. He questions the school's approach to medical care, and clashes with the school's Dean Walcott (Bob Gunton), who believes that doctors must treat patients and not bond with them as people. Because of this he aspires to become a medical doctor and two years later enrolls at Virginia Medical University, being the oldest first year student. Once there, he finds that helping his fellow inmates gives him a purpose in life and earns the nickname "Patch". In 1969, Hunter Adams (Robin Williams) is a troubled man who voluntarily commits himself into a mental institution. However, it was poorly received by most critics. The film is generally considered a box-office success, grossing over twice its budget in the United States alone. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander. Directed by Tom Shadyac, it is based on the life story of Dr. Patch Adams is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams.
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