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Dec 14, 2022 · Niagara News. ‘It’s important that Heather’s death was not for nothing’. Mother of Indigenous woman who died last December of Group Strep A — a type of flesh-eating disease — still ...
- Allan Benner
- allan.benner@niagaradailies.com
- Family Questions Linger
- 2 Days of Pain and Confusion
- Her Final Moments
- Unknown Factors
From their respective homes, Shimizu and Mark Winterstein, Heather's father, are now looking for answers as they plan a funeral and celebration of life later this month. "I don't want somebody else's child looking for help… being alone. God… it just kills me. It just kills me to know that she was suffering," Shimizu said. Neither the coroner nor Ni...
From his home in St. Catharines, Heather's father Mark recalled the painful days before his daughter died. He told CBC News that the night she came home with Tylenol after the first hospital visit, he did his best to help her get comfortable so she could get some sleep. When she woke up the next morning, he recalled, Heather told him that she was s...
Shimizu, who said she was listed as her daughter's emergency contact, was called to the hospital at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 10, she says. She said she arrived to learn that medical staff had been trying to resuscitate Heather and walked in as they were doing chest compressions on her non-responsive daughter. Her mother said she was pronounced dead 15 min...
Shimizu described her daughter as a caring person who had a passion for animals and liked to draw. Shimizu said Heather had gotten in with the wrong crowd as a teenager, and had battled depression and drug use, but was getting help through counselling and treatment at a local methadone clinic. However, she now asks if her drug use might have influe...
Dec 14, 2022 · A round dance is held in Montebello Park last Friday in memory of 24-year-old Heather Winterstein, an Anishaanabe woman who died at St. Catharines hospital in December 2021. Julie Jocsak / Torstar A round dance was held in Montebello Park last Friday in memory of 24-year-old Heather Winterstein, an Anishaanabe woman who died at St. Catharines hospital in December 2021.
- Allan Benner
- allan.benner@niagaradailies.com
Aug 29, 2023 · Heather Winterstein, 24, died of a Strep A infection in the emergency room at St. Catharines hospital in December 2021. A panel looking into the death of a 24-year-old Indigenous woman has ...
Jun 6, 2024 · An inquest has been announced into the death of a 24-year-old woman who went to hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., with back pain, then died. On Dec. 9, 2021, Heather Winterstein went to the ...
Mar 18, 2022 · After Winterstein's death on Dec. 10, the family began questioning whether had received the right care, and whether her drug use or Indigenous heritage may have played a role in her treatment in ...
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Dec 9, 2022 · The independent assessment follows the tragic death of Heather Winterstein, an Indigenous patient in Niagara Health’s care in December 2021, Niagara Health said in a press release on Dec. 8 ...
