Inquest Hears Woman Who Died of Sepsis Should Not Have Been in ER Waiting Room

Woman who died in Ontario hospital shouldn’t have been in wait room, needed frequent assessment, inquest told

On the day she died of sepsis, Heather Winterstein shouldn't have been placed in the emergency room waiting area at the St. Catharines hospital until she could see a doctor, an emergency medicine expert told a coroner's inquest Wednesday.