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* B2 ~/ H) V4 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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$ f: h9 J+ F9 h. G" |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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5 W5 ]5 ~$ I( a' V! r9 C9 F) eTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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8 I) ~- ^* @3 c0 }: t! s% `# ]"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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3 T" Q! i) g! K( Z: @! P1 P"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.% E( Y0 d' o9 L5 [& o
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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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2 v) u' N$ ^) d( l"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., P5 L& }, J7 U7 h% ]
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" |+ x+ {' H, |4 V2 qNot connected to children's hospital cases
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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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, ?* a' l6 v$ u# a8 \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./ x4 @! A) G$ X% b* @- E
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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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* ^ u; J) K8 r4 [' r"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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/ |3 j# I" R/ \. @+ F4 _: B' |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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