The Toxic Lady

In 1994, Gloria Ramirez was suffering from late stage cervical cancer and went to a hospital for help. Staffers noticed off odors emanating from Ramirez, especially when her skin was pierced by IVs or hypodermic needles. Her caregivers, other patients, and hospital employees immediately began to shows signs of a mysterious disease or possibly poisoning. These serious illnesses were quickly connected with Ramirez, but what was it? Was it the drugs she was taking to treat her cancer? Some strange chemical reaction in her body? Had she been poisoned herself? And how could she had survived even her short hospital visit with such dangerous toxins? Some have proposed that the symptoms other people experienced could have been a case of mass hysteria. Despite a thorough investigation, the case remains inconclusive, although there are several possible explanations.