Massive hole in my life’: Brother of Heather Winterstein speaks of Niagara family grief at inquest start – CBC
Mar 31, 2026
Day Winterstein died she was ‘agonized’ before going to hospital, her father says
A long-awaited coroner’s inquest into the 2021 death of Heather Winterstein at a hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., got underway on Monday, with Winterstein’s mother telling the five-person jury about the torment she feels over her daughter’s death.
Francine Shimizu-Orgar said as a registered nurse, she suffers from terrible guilt for not being able to help her 24-year-old daughter before her death in December, 2021.
“How does a registered nurse not help her dying child?” she asked. “There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t blame myself for what happened. The guilt I feel for not saving my daughter is so immense.”
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