Patient 91, the most critical COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, underwent total 115 days of treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Cho Ray Hospital (Photo: VNA)   Patient 91, the most critical COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, underwent total 115 days of treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Cho Ray Hospital (Photo: VNA)

Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong calls on the patient at the Cho Ray Hospital and praises health workers treating him (Photo: VNA)   Patient 91 shakes hands with Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong at Cho Ray Hospital, June 17, 2020 (Photo: VNA)

The 43-year-old pilot, Vietnam’s most critical COVID-19 patient, has recovered enough to make the long flight home (Photo: VNA)   The 43-year-old pilot, Vietnam’s most critical COVID-19 patient, has recovered enough to make the long flight home (Photo: VNA)

A health official presents the hospital discharge and SARS-CoV-2 negative certificates to Patient 91, July 11 (Photo: VNA)   Patient 91 in the day of being discharged from hospital (Photo: VNA)

The British pilot arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in the evening. He was transferred from the ambulance to a specialised car.

Three doctors have been deployed to accompany the patient throughout the journey

Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the most modern aircraft of Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam, is due to carry the British patient to the UK.

Interestingly, this is the aircraft the British pilot had flown before he was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus on March 18.

Six oxygen tanks have been prepared for the patient in emergency during the journey due to take approximately 16 hours.

The 43-year-old patient was carried into the business compartment with support of medical workers.

The aircraft is due to depart at 23.00 July 11 (local time), transit through Frankfurt (Germany) at 06.00 July 12 (local time) and then head for Heathrow airport in London, the UK, at 08.30am the same day.

Earlier, the pilot’s Vietnam Airlines colleagues arrived at Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, congratulating the British citizen on his discharge from hospital.

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