By Alex Murray Writer A peer support worker who interacted with Heather Winterstein on both December 9 and December 10, 2021, told a coroner’s inquest last Thursday (April 16) that he believed she was “too sick” to be in the waiting room on December 10 and should have been in a bed. Winterstein passed away from sepsis in a St. Catharines hospital, now called Marotta Family Hospital, after seeking medical care at the facility over the previous two days. An inquest into her death began on March 30. Scott Cronkwright, a peer support navigator working with the hospital and Quest Community Health Centre, was assigned to work with Winterstein on the first day she came to the hospital on December 9. While on shift on December 10, Cronkwright saw Winterstein…
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