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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.6 ^* e2 L) E! s3 E9 }
. c3 N( ]+ v) P# [7 P4 rThe 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." G1 m( X: U7 t/ }, v: p) K& o4 G
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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6 e9 I% ~/ I: \. V"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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0 U. R5 r/ ~+ z- H"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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Musto 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."! r7 `3 C/ A$ }
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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.
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) ]; _4 j- k- A. M8 aAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"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 Q5 w8 Y; l6 T& W"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.% N1 Q) ?- k4 ^
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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S+ ?) Y. Z( p1 S/ JOfficials 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.. i. {1 z" I! V
+ S0 _2 w7 U( f7 zThe 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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0 a( F5 u' X8 w% r0 s) g"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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( h* J2 I- l1 sEvery 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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