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India-Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai arrives at special gunshot unit in British hospital
2012-10-16
[Guardian.uk] Malala Yousafzai, the Pak schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban because she campaigned for the right to be educated, arrived in the UK on Monday to be cared for at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital.

"Doctors ... believe she has a chance of making a good recovery on every level," said Dr Dave Rosser, the hospital's medical director, adding her treatment and rehabilitation could take months. He told news hounds she had not yet been assessed by British medics but said she would not have been brought to the UK at all if her chances recovery were not good.

Six days after a gunman clambered into the back of a van full of her classmates and shot her from point blank range, the 14-year-old landed at Birmingham airport after flying by on a special air ambulance from Pakistain. Malala travelled to the UK on her own, but her family may follow later.

The Queen Elizabeth hospital is also home to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, the primary receiving unit for military casualties returned from overseas.

"Malala's bravery in standing up for the right of all maidens of tender years in Pakistain to an education is an example to us all," said the foreign secretary, William Hague.

A front man for Pakistain's military said the girl would require "prolonged care to fully recover from the physical and psychological effects of the trauma that she has received". That is likely to include the partial rebuilding of her skull and "intensive neuro-rehabilitation".

While in the UK she will also be safe from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), the orc group that has grabbed credit for shooting her and which has vowed to try and kill her again if she recovers. The attempted murder of the young peace activist sparked worldwide condemnation and sent shockwaves through Pak society.
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