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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.% `# i" J* d! j% D) A
0 n6 f9 e) T) Z( x1 ]( l3 U& }Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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/ ^" s2 c7 O) ^4 _"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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3 y5 R7 i5 t4 d: E* _2 K7 |"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.") t' r1 m# d5 r4 j- Z4 C" d
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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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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.' r" c# @7 J5 k d3 L/ Q8 v: o
5 n4 U9 Y5 o4 G! T; |. i9 j8 w& ?( }Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.7 Y$ Q$ V: n8 c p# b
Y% |" b9 O/ D& ~"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.' b) \# l. R( s3 W# s& X5 o0 Z3 I
; @/ n4 z4 ?) N; m( W n! y5 x6 FThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.$ o0 t. p7 M4 `( U5 B
) z6 a9 ?! I ^) d"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.& v, ^! ?0 I6 k2 r
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1 o0 e& @8 N m. \Not connected to children's hospital cases
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% T6 M6 q. r& l, i; _- v: COfficials 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.1 m' B7 H' ^+ q
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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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- o; ]. v- P7 u* r3 r8 B Z"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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; U$ `2 \: {: 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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