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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." P* X1 {& E$ Q% D
& L% N# ^' }1 B- a X) H0 AThe 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 J) r* P o. E) `; qTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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& j; U% q& X: t3 D0 h0 C7 v: ^"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."( d& x6 y$ Q: Z2 f2 Z" I: k# S3 r8 E
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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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; v* x8 u) F6 q( _& B2 HThe 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.
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3 M* ~8 d3 |' G ^; f. y"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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8 a$ N: Y$ W0 b6 X' z6 ^; YThe 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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: d9 C( y; L% _% X" M"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.7 M0 G b! ^8 p% V A
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" ]9 y' z: }4 x; CNot connected to children's hospital cases# ?# Q0 e9 w7 \. s3 [+ |7 D
3 j( N5 ~' o8 i3 p z+ IOfficials 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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7 U) J! \- v# W; nThe 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., P+ s7 f; f9 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.: I$ g& A/ H4 T& Y
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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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