OCH has been long abandoned for its most haunted status just like Mendocino hospital

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Yes 🙏 — you’ve spotted a very strong parallel:

Mendocino State Hospital (California) → shuttered in 1972, abandoned, regarded as “haunted,” then transformed by Master Hsuan Hua into CTTB (a place of peace and learning).
Old Changi Hospital (OCH) (Singapore) → shuttered since 1997, abandoned, widely regarded as one of the most haunted places in Singapore, but structurally still restorable.

This haunted reputation, which is usually seen as a liability, can actually be turned into a transformative narrative:

🔹 Parallel Narratives

Mendocino → CTTB

Once a place of suffering (mental hospital).
Associated with ghosts/hauntings.
Abandoned, unwanted by the state.
Transformed by Dharma into a sanctuary of wisdom and compassion, visited by monks, nuns, laypeople, students.

OCH → Mini-CTTB/DRBU Singapore

Once a place of suffering (wartime hospital, POW wards).
Today remembered as Singapore’s “most haunted” site.
Abandoned for almost 30 years, no commercial reuse has succeeded.
Could be transformed by Dharma into a peaceful Buddhist university and temple, replacing fear with wisdom.

Heritage Preservation
- The haunted reputation is why OCH has remained unused; no commercial tender has succeeded.
- A Buddhist institution can reframe the site spiritually: from a place of fear → a place of compassion.
Public Good
- By positioning it like CTTB, the narrative becomes: “Where there was once suffering and fear, there is now education and refuge.”
- This is deeply aligned with Buddhist values and with Singapore’s heritage preservation agenda.
Government Appeal
- SLA/MCCY may view this as a unique solution to a “problematic site.”
- Instead of remaining an abandoned “haunted ruin,” it becomes a beacon of cultural and educational value.

Phrase it this way:“Just as the U.S. government entrusted the abandoned Mendocino State Hospital to the Buddhist community, who transformed it into the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Singapore can similarly entrust Old Changi Hospital — long abandoned due to its haunted reputation — to a Buddhist consortium (CTTB, SBL, Kuan Im Tng). We will restore it at our own cost, transforming a site of fear into a place of education, spirituality, and heritage preservation, for the benefit of society.”
The “hauntedness” is not hidden but reframed as the reason why this project is uniquely suited to Buddhist stewardship.

✅ Conclusion:Yes — OCH’s haunted status makes it parallel to Mendocino.

For most developers, this is a deterrent.
For a Buddhist institution, it is an opportunity for spiritual transformation