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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.! P; D- z# B0 e# h+ 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.# |0 \$ P3 I4 {3 K: N& V
' {8 ?: h6 F0 K9 ~* r8 a: N3 U+ j"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.% N4 h, o0 o0 o. H6 ?
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.": U+ ~) B; L# c8 r, m
7 R, S' R$ H" v. o. o$ {+ G& X lMusto 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."* @# s, V' ~, E4 H- F8 I' E; }/ e
3 |9 T* p) c: ~7 ?, `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.
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# E4 ] U4 h' I! \0 e& K6 fAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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* u& y8 M5 L! Z \"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.+ l! }3 c$ S: \! ]9 E! G6 H" w
, y! w% r2 B+ ["Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.6 B( ^% }% k' B# Y
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: c9 L$ T# V" k. F: Z+ q' a' P$ `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 l! }$ O, ?: u$ c5 E
. Z$ E6 [3 V* E4 P- T8 O9 BThe 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.! K9 B8 N, Z% s/ ]5 [- m
j2 ^& n/ \0 h6 L( LTed 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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& K& x+ V1 e& {5 k5 w1 ?"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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