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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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! M( f* H2 Q) Y' UThe 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.; _* K! i7 R) }( q: A
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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.
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- F$ | C, _( z y; W/ G"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."0 H8 N3 U) a* m$ J; a# P- d
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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.7 y& \- |8 W! I' K. y2 o( n& `
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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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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.. `' \7 s0 S- @4 H) {! S
$ j2 r& U1 X0 j- t$ 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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8 j) h4 U* b& w7 `"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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, T0 v4 D* ?5 ]' OOfficials 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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1 N1 X. W* r0 ~6 \8 pTed 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.% ~& l& P; ^" Z: w4 F# c
! D3 \6 c7 M @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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