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+ `$ g- ?; {( T7 a% U0 lA 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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The 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., b: O' G7 G4 Z, N8 n. F: B' O
$ X, g1 h ?* N/ U"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."
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# w2 x/ E" N/ w. c+ HMusto 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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* |: g% C! s& a+ GThe 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.' P0 I& Y2 D- \4 d9 m
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.% L2 U' u8 M; e+ s
- L' Q, d5 \, ?* U0 ~ x"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said., `: [. c( Q! r! [# d
$ ?* v( F9 Y$ V: `The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto., k# P! R+ R8 _$ I
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.( R% R* ^' H5 H& H* U7 U) z9 K p
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6 h/ V$ i4 Z# d1 ]3 hNot connected to children's hospital cases, h8 J# M6 F, r! R0 L; B$ U+ s
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Officials 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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The 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.
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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.
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"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.
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3 u+ k2 _; v6 ]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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