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/ d! \6 r" B. u# fA 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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/ k4 T0 b( p' t% fThe 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./ T; }4 r- f8 F/ G5 D* r
- B. r4 A% n, f* c$ d I! ]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.+ P5 y; O2 p1 j; O4 u( m3 G4 `3 P% a
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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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/ k d, ~0 j/ B, Z* L6 S$ uMusto 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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- c1 v4 l. V9 V' m7 m" {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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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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; @: A4 S' F' O9 Y9 q; f- pThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.3 X. k1 `% j- s5 V! J6 c1 q6 d: p! y
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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$ L0 Z, [5 o/ s; r. F* rNot connected to children's hospital cases
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' T0 Y( m! o7 F) u7 a1 [# j6 {% qOfficials 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.8 `. x d. s( J8 m* ]
9 k$ J8 i2 k) }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.% m/ z5 q; T! z5 g
' N7 C+ i# l7 f `# i6 Y4 k1 qTed 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.
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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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