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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.- A& S1 L+ ]3 v% G+ N
0 D( y0 v; `! T: o8 DThe 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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- E; s) j5 A- P5 C: n. w1 JTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.# e8 B' d9 B2 E" b
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.! V, o0 i$ u l/ u; Z3 S
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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0 ]% [/ ?5 C h8 v" K% VMusto 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." m6 D! l/ M1 t" Q, |( w
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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." Y2 R6 m$ N9 t# a) }- f* B- j
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.6 t& Y3 M$ F0 B8 h4 D ]
6 }/ J7 F4 X( F% _( A9 D"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.9 Y/ _0 \" ]9 y. z7 j
, S* Q( A1 e# b! }5 O2 m7 ]The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.3 l8 F% d. g$ ^% M" B
- h9 S. Y" ^. `: t e"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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9 v3 l1 [# B8 l8 ?Not connected to children's hospital cases
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8 w Z( \ {' F, o5 kOfficials 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.2 Q ~( R$ ? u8 b6 B7 t" ?- ~2 r
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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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"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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" K: v- W% Y. J5 w& j3 C& REvery 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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