Patch Adams Page #7

My baby ! Please !

[ Patch ] Maybe you could explain

it to me so I might understand it.

It's hospital procedure.

It isn't right that a woman has to spend

the last moments of her dying child...

filling out forms.

[ Woman ]

Last year I had to have my appendix out.

I forgot my insurance card,

so they sent me home.

My appendix could have burst.

They didn't care.

You know, my antibiotics

cost 100 bucks a month.

I paid $250 just to find out

I had a sprained ankle.

- I mean, do they really need

to do all those tests ?

- You know what they need to do.

The government needs

to pay for health insurance.

Health insurance companies are why

prices got so high in the first place.

- [ Waitress ] What do we do ?

- [ Customer #1 ]

Yeah, what the hell is the answer ?

- [ Customer #2 Chuckles ]

Don't hurt your ankle.

- [ Customer #1 ] Yeah, right.

- Patch ?

- Mm-hmm. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[ Man Laughing ]

[ Humming ]

That's it.

- I gotta tell Carin.

- What ?

Oh.

- Can I borrow this stuff ?

- Sure.

[ Muttering ]

- [ Patch ] What do you see ?

- [ Carin ] Patch, it's late.

What do you see ?

Parsley.

- And a horn.

- No, no, no.

Look beyond the objects.

Look through them.

Over here. Look.

Kind of let them blur.

Tell me the first thing you see.

- Something with a nose.

- Okay.

Now imagine that's a building

with a nose.

- A free hospital.

- A free hospital.

- Can I go back to bed now ?

- No, no.

Because I'm bursting with ideas,

and I need you to help me.

It'll be the first fun hospital

in the world.

It'll be a totally

free-form building.

It'll have, like, slides

and secret passageways and game rooms.

- Slow down. I can't write that fast.

- I can't slow down.

We'll use humor

to heal pain and suffering.

Doctors and patients

will work side-by-side as peers.

There'll be no titles,

no bosses.

People will come from all over

the world to fulfill their dream

of helping other people.

They'll be a community

where joy is a way of life...

where learning is the highest aim,

where love is the ultimate goal.

- You have all that ?

- Yeah, not verbatim, but

the overall insanity's intact.

- That's why you have to help me.

- Patch, no.

- Yes.

- No.

I know it's not gonna be easy, but you

said anything worth doing is difficult.

Look, um--

I'm not like you, Patch.

I want the white coat. I want people

to call me doctor more than anything.

- I want the recognition.

- You'll get it every day in the

eyes of patients you're helping.

There is more to life than

what Dean Walcott puts out there.

That is all about power

and control, all right ?

- I know you're scared.

- You're right. I am scared.

I'm scared to death.

You know, you sit here and you talk

about life without limits...

you know,

and breaking the rules.

It all sounds

very, very romantic.

You wanna know what the truth

is about all that crap, Patch, hmm ?

People get hurt.

And who did it to you ?

- I have to go.

- No, don't. Please. No, no.

Listen to me. Come on.

Whatever it is-- Come on.

You can tell me.

- I can help you. I swear I can.

- Good night. I'll see you tomorrow.

Please, let me help you.

I'm really starting to love

the back of your head.

[ Sighs ]

[ Chattering ]

Get this cleaned out,

and get him down to the suture room.

You're gonna be fine, Larry.

Larry's been in and out of

the E.R. for a couple of years.

- Not because he's accident-prone.

- No. His father died two years ago.

Since then he's been subject to fits

of depression and self-mutilation.

Head trauma, D-5.

- Thank you for doing this.

- You can thank me

by not getting me fired.

Just observe rounds

and stay within hospital protocol.

Look, Patch.

You're a good thing

for this hospital.

You remind me of myself

when I first started out--

on fire,

wanting to save the world.

But you lose a little of that

after a while.

The system is what it is. It's not

perfect, but it's all we have.

Why does it have to be all we have ?

Why can't it be changed ?

You figure out how, Patch...

and I'll be there for you.

Bed six

needs blood work.

Mrs. O'Bannon

needs blood work.

Hello, Ed.

You feeling a little dizzy ?

- [ Ed ] Yeah.

- Hello, Mrs. O'Bannon.

- May I call you Catherine ?

We're gonna draw a little blood.

- Mm-hmm.

Can you tell how many fingers

I'm holding up ?

How many do you see ?

How many fingers ?

-

- How many fingers do you see, Ed ?

What I feel

I can't say

- [ Continues ]

- How much longer do I have

to keep my eyes closed ?

Just till I open mine.

Keep 'em closed.

- You're almost there.

- [ Giggling ]

It's only love

That you need

And I'll try my best--

- [ Engine Stops ]

- Not like that. This way.

Come on. Come on.

There you go.

All right.

Here, here.

Hold on to me.

It's just a little further.

Just a little further.

- All right, all right.

- There you go.

There you are.

That's all right.

- You're almost there.

- I'm afraid.

Don't be afraid.

It's gonna be worth it.

All right. Ready ?

Watch your step.

There you go.

And... open your eyes.

It's beautiful.

It's 105 acres

of all-natural forest.

Seven streams, two waterfalls.

This is it-- the future site

of the Gesundheit Institute.

This is yours ?

Not yet,

but it will be soon.

- Come on. There's something else.

- Hmm ?

What is it ?

Our new home.

Carin, what do you think ?

- How did you... find this ?

- Him.

Arthur Mendelson. All this is his--

the land, the cottage.

He's letting us borrow it

till we can purchase it.

Mr. Mendelson, I realize that under

the terms of your commitment...

you retained control

of your assets.

- Nevertheless--

- You learn anything

about proctology yet, Patch ?

- A little bit.

- Good.

- Take care of this a**hole

for me, will ya ?

- [ Man Laughs ]

- Nice meeting you.

- Yeah. Mr. Mendelson, uh--

- There's room for you.

- [ Man Coughing ]

- Hi, Bile.

- Hey, Patch.

- Who's Bile ?

- An old friend.

- Oh.

- Without medical insurance.

- He's just staying here

a couple of days.

- [ Chattering ]

What do you say ?

Think potential.

Only you know and I know

- All the lovin' we've got to show

- [ Horn Honking ]

- Hey.

- So don't refuse to believe it

By readin'

too many meanings

- 'Cause you know

- [ Whistling ]

That I mean what I say

so don't go

You're certainly a lovely couple.

We can't go on meeting like this.

You know you can't go on

gettin' your own way

- [ Speaking In Chinese ]

- [ Woman ] Ma'am, this card is expired.

Have you a valid card ?

Huh ? Medicine.

Chinese medicine.

Welcome

It'll be pleasin'

'Cause you know

I'm not deceivin'

But it's hard to believe it

Oh, yeah, when you've been

so mistreated

'Cause you know

that I mean what I say

'Cause you know

that I mean what I say

So don't go

- And never take it the wrong way

- [ Yelling ]

- You know you can't go on

gettin' your own way

- [ Phone Ringing ]

- 'Cause if you do

- [ Chattering ]

- [ Man ]

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