Panel Makes Recommendations for Niagara Health After Death of Indigenous Patient – 101.1 More FM

29 August 2023

Panel suggests Niagara Health take action to further connect with Indigenous communities

Niagara Health says it will follow the recommendations made by a third party investigating the circumstances around the death of an Indigenous woman.

In December 2021, 24 year old Heather Winterstein went to the St. Catharines site for severe backpain.

Her family says she was sent home with Tylenol, but returned the next day.

She later died in hospital, after collapsing in the waiting room.

A third party panel was created to review the circumstances leading to her death.