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Gloria Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994)〔Dates from SSDI; Gloria C. Ramirez, SSN 549-57-9201.〕 was a Riverside, California, woman dubbed "the toxic lady" by the media when several Riverside General Hospital workers became ill after exposure to her body and blood. Her case was the basis for a scene in one episode of the American TV series ''The X-Files'',〔Lovece 1996, p. 105〕 an episode of the American TV drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', a segment of a show on Discovery Communications' channel Investigation Discovery called "''The New Detectives'',〔http://www.tv.com/shows/the-new-detectives/lethal-dosage-540155/〕 a third season episode of ''Weird or What?'', the "Stink Bomb" segment of the animated film ''Memories'' and an episode of ''Law & Order''. Gloria had two children and was a housewife. She was of Mexican descent and volunteered at an elementary school. ==Emergency room visit== About 8:15 p.m. on the evening of February 19, 1994, Ramirez, suffering from the effects of advanced cervical cancer, was brought into the emergency room of Riverside General Hospital by paramedics. She was extremely confused and was suffering from tachycardia and Cheyne–Stokes respiration. The medical staff injected her with diazepam, midazolam, and lorazepam to sedate her. When it became clear that Ramirez was responding poorly to treatment, the staff tried to defibrillate her heart; at that point several people saw an oily sheen covering Ramirez's body, and some noticed a fruity, garlic-like odor that they thought was coming from her mouth. A registered nurse named Susan Kane attempted to draw blood from Ramirez's arm and noticed an ammonia-like smell coming from the tube. She passed the syringe to Julie Gorchynski, a medical resident, who noticed manila-colored particles floating in the blood. At this point, Kane fainted and was removed from the room. Shortly thereafter, Gorchynski began to feel nauseated. Complaining that she was lightheaded, she left the trauma room and sat at a nurse's desk. A staff member asked her if she was okay, but before she could respond she also fainted. Maureen Welch, a respiratory therapist who was assisting in the trauma room was the third to pass out. The staff was then ordered to evacuate all emergency room patients to the parking lot outside the hospital. Overall, 23 people became ill and 5 were hospitalized. A skeleton crew stayed behind to stabilize Ramirez. At 8:50pm, after 45 minutes of CPR and defibrillation, Ramirez was pronounced dead from kidney failure related to her cancer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gloria Ramirez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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