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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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$ Y4 G1 g) ], C7 GA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.% }% z) g, I) R$ r: }* H
/ C) N/ Y( v( Q7 E+ _/ B3 }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.
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( Z" t% F( I- b, X7 X% @2 F6 W* QTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.3 z2 y& \+ q) u8 p! @% F: W
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.4 ?$ Y& Y! m) h) v# A6 ]
1 ~+ N- j1 V) D6 {# U4 P"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."( I9 e1 i) i( f+ o, H
# e# W" [+ u7 Z8 {2 l* zMusto 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."# k; ]# p4 `+ J$ `& {/ B
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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.8 ]% d; h1 {" p! D1 I
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.- G! d; v3 u* E- v0 T( s
6 Z w$ r1 A# s: o* U"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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" @! O1 U+ m% @$ BThe 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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+ b' r! [. i* D1 e, d"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.' P8 E) _3 o Z( M# e
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Not connected to children's hospital cases7 {) W" ] m; [3 u
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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.
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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.0 u* h! h1 C4 I5 D I: ~# ?1 o
$ V* k) I7 \9 K0 }7 J* v2 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.
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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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- F8 b$ J2 L7 d [& [+ \+ u7 a5 QEvery 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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但另一个方面，如艾滋病人也列入了流感高危人群的行列。究竟如何，还有待于专家们的努力工作。
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