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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.# K6 @ ]; C! m3 Y/ Z2 M
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.+ e2 {3 E- z! O% L- ^3 J+ Z- i
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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."2 F h3 E+ C) p& q# G2 b
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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.- S* [0 {6 N6 @3 x2 I
. `# F ^! m2 ~1 pAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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b8 h' A1 h0 N* e% c% @( I: Q"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.& k9 W3 d( `, k$ D) |# v: f
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% n" M/ w& Q9 ^# TNot connected to children's hospital cases( q% l. o! G8 r5 }
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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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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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/ b4 X$ R' R) t+ L7 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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3 ~" F! q( z+ H" j: G; V: ^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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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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