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Note: This is the first reported flu-related death in Maryland
Flu death reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital
An adult patient died at Frederick Memorial Hospital this week while being treated for the flu, spokeswoman Melissa Lambdin confirmed.
The woman, Colleen Morin, was a well-known and much-loved bartender at Firestone’s Culinary Tavern in downtown Frederick. Friends said she died on Thursday morning after protracted flu symptoms did not resolve normally.
Flu complications among healthy adults are extremely rare, said Dr. Vipul Kella, the medical director of the FMH emergency department. Kella could not talk specifically about Morin's case.
Frederick County, along with the rest of the country, has been experiencing a particularly brutal flu season driven largely by a more aggressive strain of the virus.
Flu death reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital
An adult patient died at Frederick Memorial Hospital this week while being treated for the flu, spokeswoman Melissa Lambdin confirmed.
The woman, Colleen Morin, was a well-known and much-loved bartender at Firestone’s Culinary Tavern in downtown Frederick. Friends said she died on Thursday morning after protracted flu symptoms did not resolve normally.
Flu complications among healthy adults are extremely rare, said Dr. Vipul Kella, the medical director of the FMH emergency department. Kella could not talk specifically about Morin's case.
Frederick County, along with the rest of the country, has been experiencing a particularly brutal flu season driven largely by a more aggressive strain of the virus.
Roughly 20 percent of emergency room patients at FMH are coming to the hospital for flu cases or flu-related symptoms, Kella said
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