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0 b" ~7 {1 `2 F* [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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; `" t8 b4 @ I$ C* eThe 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.: |$ @7 v6 R, M+ K4 A" }4 G- R4 j) K
. S# C9 X; p; P6 o0 x% f"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.& t" Z ~4 X, g" v$ i
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."- p! u3 ]. h- F* ?
$ R( d# T% c! N7 x- z8 y& \. MMusto 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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, ?& |9 _0 c2 U: Q$ y7 K) X7 mThe 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.
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) f) _' [' ?6 e- }4 |7 l8 q: ~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.
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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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- L: j1 L: o* J" j8 T"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.9 E* Z% V! l# ]' x9 V
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- `. B# g1 {# s! ^: ^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.0 V7 l1 a. X$ S" d) Y3 {
' c( N0 }3 J+ q) y# l y0 _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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/ [9 I5 a% N# r' M) r+ V"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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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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