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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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6 Z- t2 @' I1 I; z0 d" V# jThe 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.; Z2 A+ M& k) U3 l# V0 P
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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* s$ t3 H0 f8 i+ V, a"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.( `- [6 S) F& }
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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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. w& n, c2 @, ^ R, B% q9 YMusto 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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& D) ~5 ]/ `$ E; e2 z) |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.1 w7 Y S) b2 o3 ~
* k) z& o9 d1 r1 v1 Y6 qAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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0 G* m' {5 A% ~- G( `( {"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.; Q9 M6 D" b& J. W
0 A3 I f% t) Y$ X2 T/ g. g2 lThe 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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/ j5 u1 d) m4 I6 U"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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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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) t. s1 {5 C3 ]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. N" P' A& x; N
+ |9 I3 n1 I6 E, l* k$ C; L"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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{9 ~2 @' I* {$ }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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