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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.
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; {/ d- z, {2 C5 P# y, QThe 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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. M+ G! a2 P& vTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.* Y! Y# J" h( }/ c6 P
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.- g6 r( ?. V0 B* A
7 L2 i. v% e, t0 e0 \"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.": s5 z- V+ h/ m# n
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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."7 D. W9 P T0 O4 c& e& H$ V
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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.' a- |& r* K% Q/ n
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.( E- k7 w. [# e; {" C" X& _
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.7 L9 N: ?8 T5 m) m
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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.9 L2 \7 I0 n/ F8 E0 f7 m! X
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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& p6 }! `0 ]: WOfficials 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.7 [' V( }4 K' J/ Y- w$ q* q4 o
/ `3 J* o: A( Y" ^& `# aThe 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.4 p3 a$ l1 `6 e% h( R1 T! g
- v3 @; c2 O. UTed 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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0 E; y5 ^1 A3 v% g R$ x"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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