Pope returns to hospital (THREE updates)

Wire services report that the Pope has been taken back to the hospital.

UPDATE #1 - Vatican Spokesman Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls told journalists this morning that yesterday afternoon the Holy Father had had a relapse of the flu and has been taken back to the Gemelli polyclinic this morning for attention by specialists and further tests.

UPDATE #2 - ANSA and other news services report that the Pope may undergo a tracheotomy to aid his breathing.

UPDATE #3 - The Vatican confirms that a tracheotomy was successfully performed on the Pope in a 30 minute operation.