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6 E6 R! k* n! }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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- }- U- F4 h6 I8 w eThe 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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, L" ]. x/ h5 u7 u! a; qTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& G& M+ P+ o( I! c' J
Q8 D' U+ T: P W"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.0 i$ l1 X! k0 y% p1 S8 @5 i
8 l) S+ x/ `# j5 H- b+ p# [$ s"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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$ Y! Q( H' ~- G, b; sMusto 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."9 E* d7 Q8 L3 J) g
M' `" }; r1 f& r9 E' u9 yThe 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.
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0 B6 f9 a, s" C! oAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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7 b- ]1 m; r( ?' X, w4 |7 V"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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7 R" u- Z: B' a% {: Y- o"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.2 G* u' @& C8 S w
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Not 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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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.7 b# X; f- K7 I3 ]* y1 ~
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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.- b9 a+ I( Y9 r1 I
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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., k0 V3 R3 `1 W! G4 |3 r; ]; `0 Y
, V& }2 `% E6 G& H% J# eEvery 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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