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7 @. ]2 x+ V# o p6 @ z5 p. T" ?A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu., ^( j) x. @; M( V. x
% m2 i* M$ v: x( t5 ?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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* C' C! N# _: d! GTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said./ J& y% `! t6 C4 |" l
C ~+ r3 l1 S"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.0 O9 _! C# `! c* a" O( S: r" P4 H
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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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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.* J8 _7 U0 I7 |1 m
1 u2 p5 v( f+ W4 JAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases, J' Y5 E/ T6 V" n
5 w" \5 U1 V$ z$ T" NOfficials 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.& i+ M4 x7 x" D- z% O1 D6 j+ @! v$ l
% C' ?* }+ s8 W: m3 SThe 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.8 C8 \% k& o+ ?: M5 H
2 U' O* ]" } {' @"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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