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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
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 ...
- Family Calls For Coroner's Inquest
- External Review Still to Come
- 'This Can't Be ignored'
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 some way. Now, Shimizu, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Niagara chapter of Native Women Inc. are calling for a coroner's inquest. Lynn Guerriero, Ni...
Guerriero said there's now a dedicated social worker for the emergency department to support non-medical needs, and Niagara Health is piloting a technician role in the department who will observe and reassess patients in the waiting room and help those who come in via ambulance. Without details of the report, it's unclear how Winterstein's case pro...
Shimizu said she's expecting some results from the coroner soon. Shimizu, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Niagara chapter of Native Women Inc. want a coroner's inquest that would go be beyond the current investigation and include a public hearing before a jury of five community members. "There are numerous important questions that need to be...
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 ...
Jun 5, 2024 · An Ontario coroner’s inquest has been called into the death of Heather Winterstein, two and a half years after the 24-year-old Indigenous woman died in the St. Catharines hospital’s emergency ...
