Gesundheit! Institute
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The Gesundheit! Institute, located outside of Hillsboro in rural West Virginia, was founded by Hunter "Patch" Adams in 1972. The Institute states its vision as being dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare delivery by replacing what the Institute sees as greed and competition with generosity and compassion.
Gesundheit! is a German idiom, translated means healthyness or "good health". Gesundheit! is a polite phrase used traditionally in Germany and also in many more countries to wish someone to get well soon as a "response" when someone sneezes.
One of the continued missions of the Gesundheit! Institute involves the concept of Humanitarian clowning. The project uses the theme of laughter as an integral element of effective doctoral care. In the past, the Gesundheit! Institute has taken clowns into the war zones in Bosnia, refugee camps in Macedonia, as well as South African AIDS orphanages.
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