Czech cardiologist suggests experimental procedure to help battle swine flu

On Sunday, Cardiologist Jan Pirk of the Prague Institute for experimental medicine suggested a new method to help remedy swine flu in the Czech Republic. The method involves removing blood from the lungs and infusing it with oxygen before returning the blood to the lungs. British doctors had first drawn attention to the procedure in an article that appeared in a medical journal, stating that the procedure had proved successful in healing 130 out of 160 patients that underwent treatment.

In related news, the state of the thirty-five year old patient in Ustí nad Labem, a mother who contracted the swine flu virus in her 29th week of pregnancy, is stable. Her doctor stated that she will remain in the hospital and that she will not undergo the experimental procedure suggest by Dr. Pirk