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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.
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( h0 B8 _4 v5 z0 eThe 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.% [/ U/ ^: F) b, q9 \
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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/ q* s6 b4 a! ]' ["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."- U) i; ]# }) m* w
! r' w* a: \6 \8 p- z( L! _. |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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1 I) r7 @& j5 m" uThe 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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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.+ l4 e% v- I) P6 _/ e
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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.% ?& X# ~( H" L- s6 f
& }4 C$ |3 O: {: P! P; M"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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; _( E5 z5 h3 @/ B# l$ TOfficials 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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' ?9 B# h5 y0 f% E9 q/ n9 j9 yThe 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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Ted 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.% ~1 j* e- G1 ~2 A) a/ O
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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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