Point of interest
Gesundheit Institute
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Michael
November 26, 2017
Soon after graduation, Patch Adams, wife Linda, and friends founded the Gesundheit! Institute (originally known to many as the Zanies), which ran as a free community hospital from 1971 to 1983. A revamped Gesundheit! Institute, envisioned as a free, full-scale hospital and health care eco-community, is planned on 316 acres (128 ha) in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Its goal is to integrate a traditional hospital with alternative medicine, with the organization developing educational programs in sustainable systems design targeted to medical students and the general public.
Soon after graduation, Patch Adams, wife Linda, and friends founded the Gesundheit! Institute (originally known to many as the Zanies), which ran as a free community hospital from 1971 to 1983. A revamped Gesundheit! Institute, envisioned as a free, full-scale hospital and health care eco-community…
Location
Locust Creek Road
Hillsboro, WV