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# @- C3 L$ B k5 O. }' r! Y, xA 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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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./ J& A$ B5 m' v# A- o( e9 t
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.8 Z* s! d0 E! g: [2 C% J
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.( S$ N4 B% {0 ~' f) W3 h
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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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7 W# x5 D& T. n q/ F7 ?! ?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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& Z0 D1 Q: Z2 ^3 T" {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.+ w0 W6 n" G' E
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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.
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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.1 Z- @" H0 ~" b8 h6 j
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.1 ^" U6 R5 P% O$ t7 d
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Not 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.
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0 o/ W" }0 c- {. ~4 i% I$ r5 E; uThe 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.2 z# r8 ^6 ` S
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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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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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