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( e2 N2 e5 `- z* l; vA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.) R/ l: z" J7 j4 B1 W6 `' u+ x
8 }( J0 S6 R! {. s$ v( `; [( U* {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.5 ~# q" b D4 \7 U3 [# _7 W
$ m: y! u H+ @4 i/ Z3 o, S9 nTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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! o8 X( J9 [. @9 I# Z2 S"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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9 U) k: P! M2 q- u"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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 h( z6 o$ m/ B+ j+ `
% a; r3 {0 F6 [5 o9 N' p+ T. q- b1 y& aThe 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.1 l. t' M9 e D. H
% r' j6 I4 B& J A2 WAlberta 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.
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, Y- J0 [1 k M# ]/ E8 W0 E5 XThe 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.
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* F6 A$ b6 ?' p" y$ e! ZNot 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.; C9 p) h9 l% t9 E! @
+ S( g; S1 J Y! cThe 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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# I) S) P7 ]3 YTed 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.1 m+ s1 ]3 y8 D% E: Q( R
% L7 l O( q3 ["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.; f! e M5 [& f0 E& L
! |5 I8 J% w+ W4 f+ X# |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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