Toxic Woman: The ER Mystery That Poisoned an Entire Hospital
In 1994, Gloria Ramirez was rushed to the ER. Within minutes, staff began fainting from toxic fumes coming from her body. Read the solved mystery.
Toxic Woman: The ER Mystery That Poisoned an Entire Hospital
The Toxic Woman: The ER Mystery That Poisoned an Entire Hospital By USA 360 | Medical Mysteries & Unexplained Phenomena I t was a routine night at Riverside General Hospital in California. On February 19, 1994, paramedics rushed a 31-year-old woman named Gloria Ramirez into the Emergency Room. She was suffering from late-stage cervical cancer and cardiac arrest. The medical team worked frantically to save her. But within minutes, the routine procedure turned into a scene from a science fiction horror movie. The patient wasn't just dying; she was becoming toxic. The Oily Sheen and the Smell Nurses began to notice strange details as they cut off Gloria's clothes. Her body was covered in an oily sheen that smelled like fruit or garlic. When a nurse drew blood from Gloria's arm, she noticed a foul, chemical odor—like ammonia—coming from the tube. She passed the syringe to a medical resident, Julie Gorchynski. Julie looked at the blood and noticed something impossible: there were…
