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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html7 j$ }$ a) {1 y2 m# t+ X
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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.
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( w4 Y! h- ^5 |3 N- LTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.1 W, F" S7 Q8 l/ F1 U4 O
1 _. O e! D' q. |/ }7 ^! Q, \0 E# C"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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: g% H' T, k$ j' @1 r# l"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."" w' h5 ?4 w' g; ~( Y- v
3 Y- {, ]- d2 K4 G; PMusto 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.$ e3 j, A/ g; g4 _
, g$ i; j! C- G SAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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+ h& B0 g+ H/ Q6 f4 N; b/ h+ @"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.6 z% h- v) l9 X6 ]; I4 G1 G
. o9 L) w5 h! o7 w8 r: `The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto./ z4 U, w; O$ _) N }/ B6 K
, L! Z+ \% S: E: o% _"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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, l- b* r! D' B$ @9 |: O8 }Not connected to children's hospital cases
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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.8 ~# m" C+ B2 m0 L
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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.% n* V i1 S* ~, |" | B
% x1 M6 O7 }: c4 ]"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.4 C! f- h, c" g6 ~
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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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