Mental health used to be a murky topic, often avoided or mistreated due to lack of understanding. In Salem, Oregon, a mental health hospital that was used in the filming of "One Flew Over A Cuckoo's Nest" housed the remains of its patients for years. The ashes were kept in urns for thousands of patients, and the hospital has been trying to reunite people with their loved ones for a long time. Read more about this below...
"No one wants to be laid to rest without some kind of acknowledgement that they were here, that they contributed, that they lived," said state Senate President Peter Courtney, who led a successful effort to replace the hospital and build the memorial.
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