15 YEARS OLD GIRL SHOT BY TALIBANS UNDERGOES SURGERY

by Agency Reporter 1 Comment Malala Yousufzai Malala Yousufzai | British doctors have revealed the remarkable medical procedures which will transform the life of a Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, Sky News reports. There was international outrage after the Taliban shot Malala Yousufzai, 15, at point blank range in the north western Swat district, because she was campaigning for girls’ education. Following the attack last October she was flown for specialist treatment at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The bullet hit her left brow and instead of penetrating her skull it travelled underneath the skin, the whole length of her head and into her shoulder. The shock wave shattered the thinnest bone of the skull and the soft tissue at the base of her jaw and neck were damaged. Her left eardrum was destroyed. Within the next 10 days she will undergo two operations which will replace a missing area of skull and implant a complex electronic hearing device.