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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.6 C9 e9 l/ h; M$ X4 |
: W- T4 T& ]0 C5 D8 a! n- r6 YThe 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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7 [" |0 t2 {9 Z6 E" b, rTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.4 ]5 Z3 [$ {! l$ \0 I/ Y. u3 i
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.7 i& S, o2 b2 ]8 I" z; c9 ~* V+ i
- J C# I8 `9 r/ ~) q; l( c"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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, y* w/ \7 g$ Y1 h7 s. rMusto 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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4 X: U# c" Z8 Y" B! [$ r, ~* m* SThe 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.
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7 M( N& u, {3 c5 z0 P# q8 }"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.) Z& R; K, W6 I' W5 H5 A" S% X
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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., J5 u# f3 ~$ t. n, Z6 @
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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- U8 h1 t" y/ S3 \6 B3 e- Y) QNot connected to children's hospital cases4 @' r3 L! X# U/ y. t
: Z! @* K# ~+ O9 e3 ~( D! g/ m, uOfficials 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.0 b) r% P1 T; y' X" q( E+ c8 V
1 ]* D) `* W: F5 E, D9 r. \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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5 o4 W" Q3 b5 A) X' NTed 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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' ]0 Y* p7 [8 U \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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