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2 K" S$ W" s3 H! IA 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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# g A4 U9 ^; c, ?% IThe 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.
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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."
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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.") j. x: e6 M% ?2 O, l6 ^
: U, y5 I4 {3 l0 J! FThe 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.8 D0 _8 b" j# K) w7 u* C5 l( S" \
7 }( t6 e& j6 Z2 @/ J"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.& `2 k7 j( d2 W8 X* i2 |6 J* k
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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 a4 I/ A6 k3 N"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.& z+ B& R# k/ [2 C/ v
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! T$ c" d+ `, W& T9 B; x W: |8 XNot connected to children's hospital cases5 n; @: v& d! B3 v4 U# E1 B
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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.: H) U8 k: f! v3 O) z3 x
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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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% H0 }7 G' h: E6 f4 X9 ?2 M3 KTed 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 I4 T( e" Y/ ?"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.- k- U$ h, b# q4 ^2 w* F! X3 B
3 ]( ]) K! f" |, m4 |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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