00:00How did a dying woman unintentionally poison an entire hospital?
00:03This is the case of Gloria Ramirez.
00:05On February 19, 1994, Gloria was admitted to Riverside Hospital with advanced cancer and difficulty breathing.
00:13Something strange happened. The doctors noticed a garlicky smell coming from his mouth and an oily sheen on his skin.
00:19fur.
00:19When blood was drawn, the tube gave off such a strong ammonia smell that several nurses felt dizzy.
00:25Minutes later, Gloria died, but the worst was yet to come.
00:2823 of the 37 workers on the shift collapsed.
00:32Tests found dimethyl sulfon in his blood, but no one knows how it got there.
00:37One theory says that his body transformed a household solvent into a toxic gas.
00:41A biological Rube Goldberg machine?
00:43The case remains a puzzle. What really happened to Gloria Ramirez?
