Malala Yousafzai leaves hospital after successful surgery
The Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban will now recover at her temporary home in Britain
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been discharged from hospital in Britain after successful surgery, her doctors said yesterday.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the central English city of Birmingham said the 15 year old has been making "a good recovery" following surgery last weekend to fix a titanium plate to cover a missing piece of her skull.
"Her medical team decided she was well enough to be discharged as an inpatient," the hospital said in a statement.
"She will now continue her rehabilitation at her family's temporary home in Birmingham and will visit the hospital occasionally for outpatient appointments."
Malala's family have temporarily moved to Birmingham, a city with a large Pakistani population, and her father has been given a job with the Pakistani consulate there as an education attache.
Malala was shot at point-blank range by a Taliban gunman as her school bus travelled through Pakistan's Swat Valley on October 9, in an attack that drew worldwide condemnation.
She has since become a global symbol of the campaign for girls' right to an education and has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.