Tragic death of "Captain Optimist", the young pediatrician who prescribed the smile – 10/04/2019

The "Optimist Captain", Antonio Javier Cepillo Boluda, was a young man Spanish oncologist pediatrician that he prescribed "high doses of optimism" and "smiles" to his little patients. the 36 years, the illness against which he has always prescribed a smile has ended his life. And he died a week ago.

He recounted his cancer experience in the farewell address addressed to residents in 2016, when he confessed that he had learned in the first person how a doctor should not treat a patient .

During his third year of residency training at the University Hospital of Albacete, Spain, a size has been detected and, overnight, he became more of a cancer patient, trying to contain the sadness in an oncology waiting room.

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One year after this emotional farewell to residents, in June 2017, the pediatrician became "Captain Optimist ", An award given by the Optimist Hospital Foundation to the Spanish doctor who "humanizes the best" care, and who stands out with a clown nose that he wore with pride.

But this battle against cancer has lost. And the dear Spanish doctor died on April 2 at 36 years old. Well known in Spain, different personalities have referred to social networks.

"Friend, captain, your fight, your generosity, your kindness, your selflessness, your dedication have been and will be an example for all of us, a very strong kiss for family and friends, rest in peace, Cepi." The meaning of the football player's message Andrés Iniesta on Instagram last Wednesday summed up the feeling of Spanish society.

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The doctor's style revolutionized the way patients see things. He said that doctors did not have to forget one mission: take care of the patient. And although healing is not always possible, we can take care of it.

According to the "Optimist Captain", doctors should not have pity on patients. It's the worst feeling. They should feel compbadion and not make people sick. "Do not be that doctor no one wants to see again," he said.

MD.