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7 G5 i& p0 V* u6 C. F _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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4 ~2 x0 J* z0 ?" h" eThe 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.- y1 m6 j1 ^- @, _% d4 r
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Tests 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."4 s, [$ M: f# j) O/ U. u: }" f
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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.") q! H; Y8 V/ I) I* o! R
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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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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. @5 k, F3 @# ~" \"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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/ m! ?) } F/ k' G, b4 l. ~"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.: M2 l4 k# M3 R: Z# X( U; l
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6 g8 }5 Q9 C" K7 mNot connected to children's hospital cases
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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.; ]+ E+ n: d) C6 s0 o0 m9 Y* K
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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.( H' {7 C0 l5 C
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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.4 r: [, d; `& g |) d9 y
* M% B0 [6 h$ {# O8 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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