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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.! G- K% e' \/ L7 D' M& Z7 Q
/ H: f9 X# b% I" v" Q8 I0 T! VThe 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.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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f* I3 s0 s# P, @1 `"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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+ ?" t" m5 H% r& l( jMusto 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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0 i1 g" k( s" W& v0 CThe 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.; I6 U$ k2 M# e" i; w$ x' b. x* t
" G6 k! n8 y0 F- HAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.& ]9 V1 W! e; r _, E! X
( L; I: r3 S9 [0 Z1 y' T X7 M"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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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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9 s% S' `8 y6 `$ A1 ^+ O"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.* {9 F' c: P$ j+ C* @; z: {5 d
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" F4 ]7 X) o5 q9 |& P+ ?. DNot connected to children's hospital cases
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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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9 O7 K1 T1 j+ q7 C$ }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.: T1 C+ D& w; ]8 ?# W
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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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7 J; P7 ^( ?) Q+ P3 |% M. {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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