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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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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.$ W8 {" y! V" X+ k
: h' @3 ]" L$ }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.
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0 D4 \( W h$ u) i4 V7 [Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.0 O O" D9 I% Z# Q2 F
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.) b/ R0 ?6 `6 R7 S1 m- Q
# [* ?. @$ h! x1 m"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."- D) u: X/ z/ t
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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."+ K* g3 M9 f0 Y- w' `, t3 j
5 u! D5 [+ t4 y6 RThe 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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March. w; \7 h; I( f1 L8 K$ ?
( v2 O! f8 O) y4 G6 I"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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" v3 H, R, g; G, ^0 _"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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" c5 o6 o% Y, j+ D+ uNot connected to children's hospital cases. }: m) |0 `; a! p/ o5 \ ~. z
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Officials 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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( W- m# a( ~8 {- A: }( R1 `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 b2 T( a" @; I# j0 Y8 d9 v/ M
% L9 _" g/ ]0 W) X V0 WTed 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.9 e7 q* Y" D9 \, ?3 E
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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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发表于 2009-7-10 18:50
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但另一个方面，如艾滋病人也列入了流感高危人群的行列。究竟如何，还有待于专家们的努力工作。
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