A Scottish pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical Covid-19 patient has been discharged from hospital, less than a week after doctors said he was virus-free and healthy enough to return home. The man was taken by ambulance from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to the city’s airport. He was Vietnam’s last patient in the ICU, and his recovery means the country has still not had any Covid-19 deaths. The pilot was scheduled to be flown on one of Vietnam Airlines’ Boeing 787s – the same aircraft he used to pilot when he was flying for the carrier. The pilot had been so sick with Covid-19 that doctors said at one point they considered a lung transplant, with the man’s lungs 90% damaged and non-functional.

Source: Irish Independent July 11, 2020 11:37 UTC