Malala is stable, responding well
London: Pakistan’s teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, is “stable, comfortable and responding well”, doctors treating her at a UK hospital said on Saturday, a day after announcing she is able to write and stand with help.
Eleven days ago, Taliban militants shot at Malala in the head and neck when she was returning from school. Two of her classmates were also injured in the attack.
The Taliban wanted to eliminate her as she had been leading a campaign for girls’ education in the Swat valley near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Malala was brought in an air ambulance to Birmingham on October 15 as specialists at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are considered among the best in the world at treating the kind of injuries she has sustained.
“Malala’s condition remains unchanged since yesterday’s detailed briefing on her progress. She is stable, comfortable and responding well on Saturday,” a statement from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said.
Dr Dave Rosser, the medical director at the hospital, explained yesterday that 15-year-old Malala will now need a significant period of rest and recuperation before she has reconstructive surgery.
“Malala is able to stand on her legs with help from others,” he told reporters.
But “Malala is still showing some signs of infection…in the bullet track which is our key source of concern. It is clear that she is not out of the woods yet. Having said that, she is doing very well.”
