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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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" X# U x& {/ G/ g! CThe 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.* w8 G( }$ M2 g# I
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.; H3 w \ w( g* k- C4 i
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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."
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' a M% I# {2 B4 |9 I9 f: M3 b, w& QThe 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.3 V5 T3 n6 `; E; l, R& U# U, c5 k5 Q
& X* F8 ^# G& V6 l5 u"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.2 H- E7 I8 I* Z6 l2 k, J, W) `
; M# P7 X4 f; U- xThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.5 s+ a- z" |0 h# s+ ~: k
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.2 U8 N! V t6 p9 t" i1 ]* w
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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.1 d( ^7 S' O2 \
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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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* ~4 `& ?- |1 C8 Y' b# D1 CTed 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./ f1 k% W+ u; g: |( {: W
1 ?! t* y- }% d4 v& H: Z+ N"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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