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16/10/2012
Doctors 'Hopeful' For Malala Yousafzai Recovery
Doctors have said they are hopeful 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai will recover following treatment in the UK.
The Pakistani school girl was shot in the head and neck by a Taliban gunman who boarded the school bus she was travelling in and asked for her by name.
A bullet was removed from her skull last week but it was recommended she be "shifted abroad to a UK centre which has the capability to provide integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury".
Hospital Medical Director Dr David Rosser said some UK colleagues who had been in Pakistan believed she had "a chance of making a good recovery".
"Clearly it would be inappropriate on every level, not least for her, to put her through all of this if there was no hope of decent recovery," he told reporters shortly before Malala's arrival at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Monday.
Malala became widely known as a campaigner for girls' education in Pakistan as a result of a diary she wrote for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban, when they banned all girls from attending school.
It is understood she was targeted for "promoting secularism", and the Taliban have said they will target her again should she recover.
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The Pakistani school girl was shot in the head and neck by a Taliban gunman who boarded the school bus she was travelling in and asked for her by name.
A bullet was removed from her skull last week but it was recommended she be "shifted abroad to a UK centre which has the capability to provide integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury".
Hospital Medical Director Dr David Rosser said some UK colleagues who had been in Pakistan believed she had "a chance of making a good recovery".
"Clearly it would be inappropriate on every level, not least for her, to put her through all of this if there was no hope of decent recovery," he told reporters shortly before Malala's arrival at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Monday.
Malala became widely known as a campaigner for girls' education in Pakistan as a result of a diary she wrote for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban, when they banned all girls from attending school.
It is understood she was targeted for "promoting secularism", and the Taliban have said they will target her again should she recover.
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Fifty of England’s top public schools have broken competition law by exchanging information about fees, the Office of Fair Trading has announced. Following an investigation lasting more than two years, the OFT found that pupils’ parents ended up paying higher fees as a result of the information-sharing.
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A Pakistani schoolgirl who had campaigned for the rights of young females to an educations, is on her way to the UK for specialist medical treatment after being shot by the Taliban.
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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital as an inpatient. The 15-year-old was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) after being transferred following the attack in October.
Malala Yousafzai Leaves Hospital
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Sick and injured UK soldiers will be given enhanced support to help them return to duty or civilian life, under new plans announced by the Ministry of Defence today. The Army Recovery Capability (ARC) will take soldiers from the point of injury or illness through to their return to duty or into a successful and supported civilian life.
More Support For Wounded Soldiers
Sick and injured UK soldiers will be given enhanced support to help them return to duty or civilian life, under new plans announced by the Ministry of Defence today. The Army Recovery Capability (ARC) will take soldiers from the point of injury or illness through to their return to duty or into a successful and supported civilian life.
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