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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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, G% d5 i& I; 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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4 z$ Q7 P0 j, x/ i+ C% p, d( w! ATests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said., j3 C& f& p" I% E' T
/ V- M i: R# N6 Z3 E# M8 u! r"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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# P( r4 N! D6 O% x"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."/ d, L6 L5 S! J# z) F
% o/ q# U) d' v7 i6 J/ yMusto 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."! v) m4 I5 {% O1 w7 C
9 k" i7 h4 ] m& O; I& P# w2 J. tThe 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.+ j& ~4 |: Z2 ~
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.0 C5 R" k0 Q# Y% {9 E8 S
" f! c7 U8 c2 W+ RThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.7 @" r4 b" x9 N; t5 c5 h: y
' n: a. p7 Z" }4 t: N) m"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.+ }2 u q0 T _
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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2 e% {$ a1 j' LOfficials 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.
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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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0 @5 B6 z8 g& Q/ d% [* j5 n& y"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.2 [6 ?1 `9 }0 t7 \8 @6 {4 c+ i
. v% `" k5 a$ o, b' ?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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