One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975.

The Oregon hospital where Jack Nicholson received his famous lobotomy is set to be demolished sometime this Fall. Although the 1975 movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was fictional, Jack Nicholson became depressed after witnessing some of the methods of treatment for the hospitals residents. While Nicholson seems to have recovered from his brief stay at the Cuckoo’s Nest, (also known as Oregon State Hospital) the real residents of the decaying mental health facility, weren’t that lucky.

Oregon State Hospital J Building. The building still houses patients despite being on the verge of collapse.

Oregon State Hospital has suffered from many issues over the years, such as overcrowding and physical and sexual assault of their patients. Earlier this week, a patient escaped from a locked ward of hospital after assaulting a female employee. The patient was apprehended and subdued by a Taser after he carjacked a vehicle, rammed a patrol car, assaulted an officer and resisted a police dog.

Patient #567.

However, it was the horrific discovery of the cremated remains of over 3,000 patients in a storage room, that was the true catalyst for the upcoming closure of Oregon State Hospital. Members of the Oregon legislature found the remains, stored in moldy copper canisters, during a tour of the crumbling facility in 2004.

The new facility is scheduled to open in 2011. Oregon lawmakers are also working to improve the care the state provides to the mentally ill.