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! `! ]6 C: r5 h: P+ T2 dA 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.
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5 Z0 }5 ?4 k7 f3 u3 }0 ]Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& l1 Z0 b1 X( E
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.0 E" u: n9 X/ ~ h; h; ?
$ j1 Z. ^$ A. A6 }8 r' Y: s; w"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."* _8 s& j* E. n" l' l$ 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.6 R8 ?9 k3 x0 ~' X4 y* I9 [
2 Q- E! k3 _* `* M! nAlberta 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.! V9 }0 }; g1 a5 ]: ~$ H- Y
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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0 _4 l. Z0 X _' jNot connected to children's hospital cases
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+ _4 u0 M) V4 L; u% D3 T& xOfficials 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.' Z& q5 d- D% Y! U1 ^/ B9 \
) ]! r( T* k( {1 ?7 eThe 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.2 e1 @& N, s6 {
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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./ x, j& ]: F1 `! S+ I8 O& Z
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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.5 l% `2 A+ f, t; s8 r
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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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