Near-lethal bout of swine flu successfully treated with heart-lung machine and lung transplant

Friday, December 10, 2010 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

According to the critical care experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital who treated him, Allen Bagents, 24, of Arlington, Va., is the least likely person anyone ever expects to get sick, let alone suffer a six-week, potentially fatal bout with the swine flu, better known as H1N1 influenza.

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