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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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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." x4 F1 g+ f6 p1 {
, k3 |3 D0 Y ?) m"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.' u' E6 [7 Q' W2 V
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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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4 F1 l2 s7 A5 G) z- T* X! S+ rMusto 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.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.) P* M( r0 E( W5 s! q" ~
" e' A8 m, L+ H: {. r( [* |& n"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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- `; H) Z' K8 h- ]1 kThe 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.
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( j1 ~' c3 G1 Y& Q7 G0 E, T: UOfficials 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., ~) k* d* H: X% b3 ^. _! t
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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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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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9 K3 T" N/ w- u' Q2 k" w! y0 v& ^"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 U1 H+ t6 N* `: `2 D
6 ^! d. Z# K) A7 x+ O! G$ c# @8 ^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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