Wednesday, September 03, 2008

So long, Cuckoo's Nest

Oregon is building a new state hospital to replace the 125-year-old Oregon State Hospital, made famous in the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Home to generations of mental patients, the hospital has been plagued by overcrowding, crumbling insides and the danger that it might collapse in an earthquake. Class action lawsuits and federal threats to cut off money to the state pushed the Legislature to approve funding for a new hospital.

The new facility will be completed in 2011.

Oregon State Hospital

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