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A 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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2 c7 E: O: h7 b! _/ NThe 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.. s. `2 A+ t! m- p$ S" H/ m
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.) X% \+ ^ h2 E* Z
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.0 E0 Z: g" c7 t" h% d0 ^! U
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."9 S9 O3 R( x; [% f4 ?8 f V8 E
3 ?+ o6 ~3 A3 a. e$ c( R2 OMusto 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."2 g; \( O/ p2 L/ j
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The 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.) l8 U( z- H8 ^. n' b1 }6 Y
0 i3 B# w3 G( q/ O* ~ xAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.$ f: y7 g( A8 C" W4 Y" P: L
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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4 C( P2 b4 J; c0 s( F# [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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3 c7 S! w! C& v' H"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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8 {3 o- e& q- U$ XNot connected to children's hospital cases+ w, w5 Z4 Z `) B1 B
8 X: q9 X( J2 Q4 D! p1 q- [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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# r2 D# C0 I8 r- _"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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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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