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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.5 v+ n( q; S8 G4 y. |
6 z* i7 G- K5 J" WThe 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said. e, x5 ~9 t' I" H
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.# t! @9 G9 j! t0 n7 h8 Y* I
0 L0 j/ q$ N- e2 `5 j# v"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."
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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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* Y; ]$ F h- @% V, u"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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) F( _5 J5 e/ v1 M4 x. NThe 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., h5 H* ~% D9 o! r
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" N! g- z4 }8 g( U. k* QNot connected to children's hospital cases5 H: V( B8 {, L# m! d! B5 R5 z% T
- U c0 H9 i E% |' P" V2 IOfficials 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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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.
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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.8 N/ b) W+ ?6 O: m, |# h w
' I" P% i. O, J; o"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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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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