How did Hunter 'Patch' Adams get his nickname?

In 1969, in Fairfax Hospital's Psychiatric Ward,Patch voluntarily commits himself after attempting suicide and acquires his nickname by repairing another inmate's paper cup with a piece of adhesive.

Is that true or just from the movie?

Movie: Patch (real name, Hunter) was given the nickname “Patch” by a fellow patient at the psychiatric hospital that he befriends after patching his faulty coffee cup.

Reality: Patch was in fact given this nickname by a fellow patient at the psychiatric hospital that he befriended. However, Patch has explained that the scene did not play out as it did in the movie. Patch was given the nickname the patient that he befriended felt that Patch “patched up” the loneliness in his life, hence the name Patch.

http://theskepticalsamurai.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/the-skeptical-samurais-guide-to-the-movies-patch-adams/