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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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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.8 @/ u. w3 }( f. V4 @, v
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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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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."9 i0 k K9 u# x) [' \/ T% g) v
2 N) d& n1 }, F" M2 pMusto 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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( f' r# S+ ^) \, I( R. _* a7 I9 lThe 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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" Q4 q' e- O6 q0 hAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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; [* x! b% [! F"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.7 e6 O9 D; y4 F9 p: B3 _. T
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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.) j' n( e4 ^! n8 V
+ ]% L) a9 s& h! }7 ^"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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' @- _6 V* p6 W- X# 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., L P Q2 Y- A5 r; U4 t
6 R6 }, D1 z G% A8 }* JThe 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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% b2 N2 M/ T+ T% vTed 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.; |' ?7 n( } w5 z% O& Y5 k
Q+ Z& P7 ~' N) }& ?- R2 v"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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