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8 d% ?4 ]2 _ n P7 YA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.
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, h ]) c, k4 D$ v( {( AThe victim, who was not named, had been sick for about two weeks before she was admitted to a Calgary hospital on June 29, said Dr. Richard Musto, medical officer of health for Calgary and area, on Thursday.
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.* w6 L! q9 h* L8 E* I8 q) B* j
, Q0 [ x7 j e4 r. @& u/ l$ x8 K"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."0 @4 k4 \! v$ Z+ L" m4 Y
$ c! K: b2 M- w; l# \2 x! vMusto did not name the hospital to which the woman was admitted but said that regular procedures were followed to "effectively protect other patients and staff."
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+ v/ @* N, K/ K! }4 }/ MThe death is the third in Alberta that's been linked to swine flu. Two women with pre-existing medical conditions — one in the Edmonton area and one in northern Alberta — were the other cases.( j/ `2 W: q5 n" J/ p
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March." p5 A! w/ ]- @ |# |$ F8 B _
! F/ B! S$ N- c0 r2 d" o"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.4 v' r5 w e6 r: d: m- e
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The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.) z g1 ^( C) Q2 _1 b* h8 p
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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$ b& z1 v# h$ Y4 H& zOfficials said the death is not connected to an outbreak this week at the Alberta Children's Hospital, when two patients and a staff member were diagnosed with the H1N1 flu. A unit on the hospital's third floor was isolated to prevent the flu's spread.
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; A, Q' B" H2 ~8 D; L4 Q0 q( |+ uThe patients were isolated in their private rooms on the weekend when they became symptomatic, and the staff member stayed at home upon becoming ill, said Musto., P. e9 [, Q: O
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Ted Woynillowicz of Friends of Medicare in Calgary questioned why officials publicized the children's hospital while the facility where the woman was treated was not named.9 E7 g! c+ S$ `; T
$ z c, Q" X& q) \& \+ i. w"I think there's kind of a lack of consistency. And I think it should be publicized if it affects the public in some way," he said., M% c: n5 i% r8 G5 v1 n
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Every year 4,000 Canadians die from the flu and a high percentage of them have underlying conditions that play a large part in making them susceptible to serious consequences when they get the flu, he said. |
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