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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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- u: ?3 p) M+ O( aA 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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* |: X( t% b1 {- SThe 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.: ~ m6 c$ R" j' ?
1 ?' p- T- o4 r+ ~( ITests 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."1 n# B8 t* T e0 b4 i
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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."1 d! j; ^9 ~+ U, t
1 c' N$ N2 i8 }- {, x- ]3 ^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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: P) s% i9 v! @2 zAlberta 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.
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases2 K# v# r5 c3 A- Q) J. R, o |
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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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h! d6 N# W. I) R( bThe 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.5 q F+ X' E: D" G+ w F
4 \, h4 c& \/ x1 s# ATed 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.2 B. j3 Y; f- U% e# R% F% N3 f
& Z4 `2 ?! u8 o3 R5 iEvery 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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