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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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) B t9 S2 N, N9 W2 R: m5 h& H. \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.& y6 j* ?7 n' H
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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/ \1 P4 U: _- \% @) R% ?"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."4 P/ n' H7 f% d5 p t7 Z
' Z) L( k% k. J0 \ T+ UMusto 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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1 ^6 ~) [1 X& N: PThe 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.- X* l& U& i, k! \
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.) B6 ^' C% I0 I, x8 O
+ i. |" k0 b# Y: y+ ^( e"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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7 P4 T7 i. R+ uThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.* Y- r+ E$ Z, C7 ^7 J
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases, F3 ~6 F m- p& @6 i1 }. A
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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.5 Y: x8 k) w+ Z: j
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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.6 ]6 \- |! d0 a4 ^
5 w/ U( i( j$ w ?- O ^4 ^"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.6 p3 @; q) ^7 z+ ]7 z5 A
# r# w- \8 m" p+ S3 H* gEvery 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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