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UT staff member dies of swine flu
By Mary Ann Roser | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 02:51 PM
A University of Texas staff member died of swine flu over the weekend, UT has just announced.
UT officials declined to name the person. Bob Harkins, associate vice president for campus safety and security, said the person was a woman in her 40s who did not work in education but rather ?in one of our service units ? anything from housekeeping to working at counter in some kind of retail operation.?
The woman?s last day at work was Sept. 22, Harkins said.
She was hospitalized at St. David?s Medical Center, but he did not know if she died there. He also did not know whether she lived in Travis County.
Two other people have died in Travis County and 21 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began in April, according to Carole Barasch, spokeswoman for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department.
?It?s very tragic and tries to point up the severity this illness can have,? Harkins said. ?We?ve been fortunate we have not have had hospitalizations and deaths? in the campus community.
The H1N1 swine flu virus has caused mild to moderate illness in most cases. The UT person who died had underlying medical conditions that contributed to her death, Harkins said.
UT staff member dies of swine flu
By Mary Ann Roser | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 02:51 PM
A University of Texas staff member died of swine flu over the weekend, UT has just announced.
UT officials declined to name the person. Bob Harkins, associate vice president for campus safety and security, said the person was a woman in her 40s who did not work in education but rather ?in one of our service units ? anything from housekeeping to working at counter in some kind of retail operation.?
The woman?s last day at work was Sept. 22, Harkins said.
She was hospitalized at St. David?s Medical Center, but he did not know if she died there. He also did not know whether she lived in Travis County.
Two other people have died in Travis County and 21 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began in April, according to Carole Barasch, spokeswoman for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department.
?It?s very tragic and tries to point up the severity this illness can have,? Harkins said. ?We?ve been fortunate we have not have had hospitalizations and deaths? in the campus community.
The H1N1 swine flu virus has caused mild to moderate illness in most cases. The UT person who died had underlying medical conditions that contributed to her death, Harkins said.
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