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A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.5 w7 @% H# O8 e7 n1 \
' A, g" Z/ B! QThe 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.8 L4 }3 e* D2 P! P7 q
* H0 ^* L! } I; c( z9 J$ ?Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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1 A; s w' M J0 i: \0 Q: h"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.4 i- l: @8 x& c
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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."% G0 S2 Q# H6 ^4 k, d: ]
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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.* L+ R0 j B9 t' N' w1 O" Y: J, g( C
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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./ ~# R# D) G- F' q* S9 h. ^/ g
+ k: I3 `. C( ]1 S b3 ~$ PThe 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.' \* k. X2 k. ]0 k( M; T l
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" Y; Q: u8 [1 I5 C# iNot connected to children's hospital cases+ @1 b0 R1 k+ ]' H; U
/ ` H* m1 D% @8 w8 _3 J: T, ^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.8 |. P5 Z+ z$ X# m
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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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, q3 C& K9 S# k2 F% c% _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./ h) Z# A4 x ~. ]8 T7 y" L1 y
+ D% Q2 H9 J- K" B9 b3 D5 O2 |4 b1 ?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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