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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.
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# Y8 H/ v& H. ~0 Q0 g% P4 oThe 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.* v+ y4 X$ ^* d" G" D
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.1 ^+ \8 ~" |/ M/ T# \9 K! P& B
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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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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4 J+ U) j# w @, HMusto 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."3 t5 f$ D2 J8 G1 f- L! R& x' N
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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.) ]8 ?- {( R9 ^5 {6 i# |; K
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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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) v% i" n& O- }"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.( S+ z+ j: C" c% |- v) H( L7 D$ A
' M$ G- T1 o( UThe 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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" V# u3 p1 F9 Z"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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9 O0 N9 W8 ^( d: n$ L+ iNot connected to children's hospital cases0 a' p1 T4 B. G) C5 \4 X
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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.( v+ C, D$ W0 u
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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.0 C/ T* E, L2 G" m$ w
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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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8 @" p) ^8 f. V# N0 ]: p: [" {, VEvery 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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