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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.) n5 x' r$ E8 M" T
8 t f' D B( K3 A$ k, E, |The 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.2 X' v1 K3 z0 P* D
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.+ ?6 R7 E0 Y+ o7 D# A
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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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& J& P2 ~( a6 }! D; Y' P"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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9 b2 _% m, S9 z/ f9 b/ ?6 VThe 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.( n7 k' L% L7 r0 u! X- O; P# M1 N
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.5 d5 i) M# h1 \* k
) K6 B% }5 K: a! \2 |- oThe 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.
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$ y/ z8 l, l# v* ~; f9 d( h/ a; hNot connected to children's hospital cases7 h# P% z; ?3 ?& ^4 y) g- S
4 I% ?% S9 N% J; [. k. z7 D! D5 `2 rOfficials 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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# H% a/ t0 @* u# uThe 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.1 G* o$ v& J6 R9 }
; e# [' a/ }" Y4 U* d9 Y% DTed 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., \! s A+ _' y5 a2 C+ v
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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." h. t6 G! d: V
* o: v+ O/ |: K' E& JEvery 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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