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

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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.