Toronto educator dies after contracting swine flu - The Globe and Mail

Toronto educator dies after contracting swine flu - The Globe and Mail

A Toronto educator working at a Canadian school in Hong Kong has died after contracting the H1N1 swine flu.

Alan Dick, lower school principal at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong, fell ill on Sept. 20, the school said in a letter. He took the week off, but attended a meeting with school director Dave McMaster on Thursday.

Three days later, Mr. Dick, 55, was admitted to hospital, and “his condition deteriorated rapidly and he passed away in the afternoon of the same day,” Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection said

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