“I have total confidence in Middlemore Hospital and its first-class ICU. “They have done an outstanding job throughout the pandemic, and indeed during all emergencies to which they respond. Ricky Wilson/Stuff The Skyline air ambulance on approach to Auckland Airport. “In this case, Counties Manukau and Middlemore have stepped up to respond to a UN request which will be hugely appreciated by the UN and the patient and her family. NZ is the first port of call for medevac by the UN in the Pacific and all costs are met in full by it.” It’s anticipated the strain of the virus contracted by the woman is the highly infectious Delta variant, which is rife in Fiji.