Malala to undergo reconstructive surgery

BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousafzai will undergo reconstructive surgery according to the medical director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dave Rosser.

"Malala will need reconstructive surgery and we have international experts in that field," Rosser said.

Malala was in a stable condition on her first full day in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after being flown to the city in central England on board an air ambulance.

David Rosser said she had had a "comfortable night".

"We are very pleased with the progress she's made so far," he told reporters.

"She is showing every sign of being every bit as strong as we've been led

to believe.”

He said doctors at the highly specialised hospital -- where British service personnel wounded in Afghanistan are treated -- were beginning to plan for the complex procedures but they would not be carried out in the coming days.

Malala has been assessed by clinicians from the neurosurgery, imaging, trauma and therapy departments, though "very specialist teams" who may become involved further down the line are yet to perform detailed assessments on her injuries, Rosser added.

Malala along with two other female students were attacked by the Taliban outside their school in Mingora, Swat.

Malala was shot in the head and the bullet had been lodged in her neck. The bullet was removed during surgery and Malala was transferred to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi for further treatment.

She was flown to Birmingham via an air ambulance provided by the UAE on Tuesday.

ملالہ نے رات پرسکون گزاری، حالت تسلی بخش ہے، برطانوی ڈاکٹر

برمنگھم…مرتضیٰ علی شاہ…ملالہ یوسف زئی نے برمنگھم کے کوئن الزبتھ اسپتال میں رات سکون سے گزاری، برطانوی ڈاکٹروں نے اس کی حالت کو تسلی بخش اور خطرے سے باہر قرار دیا۔ڈاکٹروں کے مطابق مسلسل علاج سے ان کی حالت بہتر ہے۔واضح رہے کہ گزشتہ روز ملالہ کو خصوصی پرواز کے ذریعے علاج کیلئے برطانیہ پہنچا گیا گیا ہے ، جہاں برمنگھم میں واقع کوئن الزبتھ اسپتال میں ان کا علاج کیا جارہا ہے۔ڈاکٹر ڈیو روزآج شام کو ان کی طبیعت کے حوالے سے پریس بریفنگ دیں گے۔