The world's first COVID-19 lung transplant recipient was discharged from Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (Hubei General Hospital) on July 2. The 65-year-old patient, identified as Cui Zhiqiang, was allowed to leave the hospital after undergoing treatment for 92 days. Cui suffered from irreversible pulmonary dysfunction caused by COVID-19. China is the first country in the world to conduct lung transplant surgery on COVID-19 patients. Cui is one of the six patients who have successfully undergone organ transplant surgery.