A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting Covid-19 is on his way home, astounding doctors who gave him just 10 per cent chance of survival.

A British pilot who was Vietnam's most critical Covid-19 patient is carried on a stretcher in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Saturday. — AP
A British pilot who was Vietnam's most critical Covid-19 patient is carried on a stretcher in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Saturday. — AP

Stephen Cameron, 42, was the sickest patient medics have had to treat during the coronavirus outbreak in the Communist nation, which has recorded no official deaths following a fast and aggressive response to the pandemic.

Little more than six weeks ago, they warned that Cameron would need a double transplant for his lungs, which were only functioning at around 10pc.

But after nearly four months in hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, including 10 weeks on a ventilator, the Vietnam Airlines pilot from Motherwell, Scotland was discharged today and is due to fly back to the UK within hours.

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