He died the Spanish "Patch Adams" that made children sick of cancer laugh | Chronic

Hunter Doherty Adams, better known as "Patch Adams", is an American doctor, social activist, diplomat and writer who transcends his philosophy of treating patients with humor and compbadion. He was immortalized in the movie performed by Robin Williams, a very emotional film because of the relationship the doctor had with his small oncology patients.

The philosophy of the doctor, who today has 73 years, has been reproduced in several cities of the world. And in Spain, this was done by Antonio Javier Cepillo, who paradoxically died of cancer at the age of 36.

The pediatrician who worked at the University Hospital of Albacete also played the flute in a musical group, Los Guachis, specially trained to give music to children hospitalized in the oncology department of their children. hospital. His teammates sent him back with a sensitive letter posted on Facebook.

In his 2016 farewell address to residents of the pediatric region, he confessed to his colleagues that in his third year of residency training, they had detected a mbad and that, overnight, a patient with cancer. He also told them that during his fight against the disease, he had learned a lot about how not to treat a patient.

One year after delivering this farewell speech to residents, the pediatrician received the national recognition of "Captain Optimist", awarded to physicians who humanize the profession with their vocation, their sensitivity and stimulating the smile and good humor of their patients. The prize was a green clown nose.

After his death, which occurred at the beginning of the month, not only was the name of the hospital named after the deceased doctor called for, but the price of the "optimistic captain" was also changed. Antonio Javier Cushillo Boluda.