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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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! B6 r. h: D! |8 I# fA 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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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.$ f# Q: L7 S! A: h$ G* O& Y+ w: F
: T5 F: h& M3 l, pTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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/ C$ S; s+ X( S"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.# V/ E3 p: ]6 l, l6 Q
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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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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. X7 E' k1 y8 f/ Z b
i# o5 [0 N% ^% Q0 mAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.6 Y& e1 |: ^, p+ J h
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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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, t: n& ?0 L9 t! xThe 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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, Q/ e1 p# S8 {$ k+ y# H3 oTed 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.7 u9 c+ u* ?! v' L( L0 c5 @
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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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