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1 ]/ Q1 @. C+ ~" J) N. W$ AA 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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/ I h) X$ S) g& ]& q+ D, 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., A e2 F# H6 s. U
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.: {% {3 x* `6 I7 z1 t5 C) D
8 ~( I) m' ^/ s3 g1 D"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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, |7 a) H2 H8 B$ ]5 O"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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, M" d3 d' H- R' ] R TMusto 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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/ X. S. f& L! {8 R! PThe 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.( {- p6 {7 p5 W2 U4 z7 e, P. C
& }% d9 O/ J6 B- }: m' N# T' PAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.% @# a7 A1 O' z. m
) }9 c2 T. C, m7 ^- [/ x) s"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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5 Q$ c& g* C' {/ 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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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8 e9 j, M8 |+ h& H$ aNot connected to children's hospital cases
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9 M- w/ v* g4 W( @0 Y$ }7 t; bOfficials 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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3 K0 k* V0 Z/ I6 w0 kThe 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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"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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& A3 R3 Y% J0 T+ @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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