100 Murder Cases

The Toxic Lady.

In February 1994, Gloria Ramirez was admitted to a California emergency room while suffering with aggressive cervical cancer. When she entered the hospital at 8.15 pm, she was described as being extremely confused and having an oily sheen covering her body.

Within minutes of treating her, medical staff began feeling ill and fainting. Ramirez was pronounced dead after 45 minutes of CPR and defibrillation, and 23 people became ill, five of which were hospitalised – one medical resident spent two weeks in an intensive care unit.

The county health department believed hospital workers suffered from mass hysteria, but some of the affected staff members disagree with this.