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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.$ f% x8 j$ ^5 G
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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.
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& y8 U' c+ J5 s; M2 lTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said., Z% n6 V' {8 l
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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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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."2 o- o! w; r8 t5 z* m" ]6 `2 T
% P2 u7 K( i% Y( F* vMusto 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."9 v5 I3 `- _2 n$ F# t
3 u# R4 B; ]# \; k4 oThe 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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! T2 a, O" f7 j" c# BAlberta 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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( [4 J5 I" ^1 T( w5 f0 AThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.5 t! F" X0 K1 f
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said., P, v/ R7 ~9 Z, t
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S& t, h% s; l( qOfficials 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.
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- \$ q* b' D5 f* z( X" @3 U2 BTed 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.' h0 H1 y3 H; A
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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.* R2 P! }; Z# o" M2 _2 e7 v5 N
\+ m p4 r- h v& S. PEvery 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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