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" U; ?8 k" `8 \4 @ z0 _A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.# {5 k3 J N- ?/ d4 G
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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.3 E0 H7 U5 b. B1 V0 U# z
& D4 t4 e7 Q. m& s3 L7 vTests 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.! q+ z& ~( N+ B3 g8 w2 E+ ?8 Y
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"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."
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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.9 G3 n( ?8 ~! d+ R/ E4 j2 N
8 q; Z/ B3 V6 I1 DAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March. L: B; S2 f2 T0 l: ~# L
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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.8 R. d* ]: O9 M$ j( v, p; D+ U
6 [9 W6 \' Y( I4 O; x8 N5 Q"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.' r. L% j: f4 Z
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# k9 L/ i; Z* P C& pOfficials 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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& t% g5 M( j {' x2 JThe 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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/ r" B) L n0 X* c; b* GTed 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.# K# J# L% g7 l; M3 h9 F
; I: h4 g7 t6 f2 G) Z0 c, w0 b: kEvery 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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