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A Winnipeg high school student has died from the flu.
Blaine Ruppenthal, a Grade 12 student from Kelvin High School, died Monday after suffering medical complications related to Type A influenza, according to his family.
The 17-year-old suffered cardiac arrest twice on Jan. 7 and was rushed to St. Boniface, where he was put into an induced coma and received hypothermic therapy, says a Facebook post from his cousin Mary-Anne Clarke.
"Doctors have concluded this was caused by the Type A influenza," Clark wrote.
"He was a beautiful, smart, kind boy," she added in a message to CBC News.
Blaine Ruppenthal, a Grade 12 student from Kelvin High School, died Monday after suffering medical complications related to Type A influenza, according to his family.
The 17-year-old suffered cardiac arrest twice on Jan. 7 and was rushed to St. Boniface, where he was put into an induced coma and received hypothermic therapy, says a Facebook post from his cousin Mary-Anne Clarke.
"Doctors have concluded this was caused by the Type A influenza," Clark wrote.
"He was a beautiful, smart, kind boy," she added in a message to CBC News.
