Pakistan's Malala leaves hospital to await surgery
- Published: 4 Jan 2013 at 17.45
- Online news: World
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been temporarily discharged while she awaits surgery, the British hospital treating her said Friday.
A picture from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham shows injured 15 year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai leaving the hospital on January 3, 2013. Malala, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been temporarily discharged ahead of surgery.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, west-central England, said it was delighted with the 15-year-old's progress and that she would stay with her family nearby before undergoing reconstructive surgery on her skull.
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