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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." q! g+ L6 O) F: p" y1 T& f
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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.- y6 a' \6 J8 K& d6 J# C0 W6 @
7 b' Y' j! _# B. h" lTests 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.
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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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( ^) f8 o4 g3 U4 b7 h' @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.
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# d5 r( A9 C, D9 l) \) `5 l# ~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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9 h8 a) T8 Y; o6 p! XThe 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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# C$ _# g! S" g* q6 z"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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5 l: Z' a, l' b* O& YOfficials 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./ A8 H6 e) n1 ]& v. G) w
" z0 F) U" s4 u% H- U3 _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.9 \/ q$ A' d- }/ n6 Y" Q! y" 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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4 ^% P. _* t0 F"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.! n- d% b; d8 b' l. D: X
/ j7 A/ R a- i: V% ]& J/ 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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