Portland, OR – Chaos erupted at Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Neurosurgery Unit earlier this afternoon following a sudden and deeply unsettling event described by medical staff as a “flashback” of the operating room’s past. The incident, which occurred during the scheduled removal of a complex aneurysm from patient Samuel Harding’s brain, triggered an immediate lockdown and prompted an internal investigation led by Chief of Staff Dr. Evelyn Reed.

According to initial reports, as Dr. Mark Olsen prepared to make the final incision, the operating room – normally a sterile environment of focused precision – was suddenly flooded with a vivid, almost hallucinatory replay of a previous, disastrous surgery performed in the same room over five years prior. Witnesses described seeing the same surgical team, wearing the same outdated scrubs, frantically battling a similar aneurysm, only this time the patient was unresponsive and ultimately succumbed to complications. The visual onslaught lasted approximately thirty seconds, causing a significant disruption to the procedure.

“It was… terrifying,” recounted registered nurse Sarah Chen, visibly shaken. “One minute we were focused on Mr. Harding, the next we were reliving a nightmare. The lighting shifted, the sounds – the struggle, the alarms – it was all there, so real. I’ve never experienced anything like it.”

Dr. Olsen, who was performing the surgery, stated he felt a profound sense of disorientation and a sudden, inexplicable urge to pull back. “I honestly thought I was losing my mind,” he admitted to reporters outside the unit. “It wasn’t a memory, not exactly. It felt… imprinted. Like a ghost in the room.”

The immediate consequence was the suspension of all neurosurgical procedures at Sacred Heart. Dr. Reed has ordered a full psychological evaluation of the surgical team and is collaborating with the hospital’s engineering department to assess the possibility of electromagnetic interference or other environmental factors contributing to the event. “We are taking this extremely seriously,” Dr. Reed stated. “Patient safety is our paramount concern. We need to understand exactly what happened and ensure it never occurs again.”

The incident has sparked widespread speculation within the medical community, ranging from theories involving residual energy from the previous surgery to more esoteric explanations. Further updates will be provided as they become available.