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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 v- V. y% T1 r# ^
( p9 w! z& Z# @- \0 B- t) I0 j& q" QThe 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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8 Y' Z0 { k6 h3 A- j1 `( {"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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& w+ Z. l y1 ~9 h$ q! q' _"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."
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1 G. U q, a; i9 Q5 N# y0 QThe 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 a& W9 Q+ ~! d6 t- uAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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9 |) K( d2 _$ H' F% t2 }$ O"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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' o3 m( e1 l" `! J4 ^" n"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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/ n; r. z5 Z# `. |' qOfficials 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./ ~6 n6 y. G$ k( B( I0 `' O
! I( C/ X+ `' V# s2 t7 rThe 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." w' Y3 n/ [. H
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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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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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