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"Cuckoo's Nest" Hospital Rebuilt after Abuses

Oregon's state mental hospital was the filming site for the fictitious 1975 Hollywood movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." But it's also a place where real abuses have been revealed over the years.

State officials hope they've now begun a new chapter for the hospital. On Thursday they unveiled part of a new hospital that will replace most of the decrepit building made famous in the movie.

Patients will begin moving in early next year, about six weeks later than planned.

The old crumbling hospital had toxic paint, asbestos and a leaky roof. Forty percent of it was unusable.

In its place is a hospital designed to facilitate modern theories in mental health treatment, trying to mimic as much as possible daily life outside the institution.

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