[CNN]
Hospital: Pakistani teen activist Malala awake, talking after successful
surgeries
By CNN Staff
February 3, 2013 -- Updated 1605 GMT (0005 HKT)
CNN.com
London (CNN) -- Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was in stable
condition at a British hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgeries to repair
her skull and help her hearing, officials said.
"Both operations were a success and Malala is now recovering in hospital. Her
medical team are 'very pleased' with the progress she has made so far," the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said in a statement. "She is awake and
talking to staff and members of her family."
Saturday's five-hour surgeries were the latest step on a long road to recovery
for Malala, who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen in October for
speaking out in favor of education for Pakistani girls.
Last week doctors said they would use a titanium plate to cover an opening in
her skull, and give her a cochlear implant to partially restore hearing in her
left ear.
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The plate was necessary to replace a section of her skull about the size of a
hand, which doctors removed to relieve swelling after the shooting. And the
inner ear implant will restore some function to her damaged ear, doctors said
last week.
The 15-year-old became an international symbol of courage after she was shot by
Taliban gunmen last fall for her crusade about girls going to school.
She had blogged fearlessly about girls' education and accused the Taliban of
thriving on ignorance. The Taliban forbid girls in the classroom and have
threatened to kill anyone who defies them.
Malala was in a school van on October 9 when the gunmen stopped the vehicle and
shot her at point-blank range.
She was flown to the British hospital six days later.
Doctors there discharged her last month, and she has been recovering with her
family at a temporary home nearby. Her father, who had been an educator in
Pakistan, is now employed at the Pakistani Consulate in Birmingham.
On Sunday, officials said Malala would remain hospitalized until she is well
enough to be discharged.
CNN's Ben Brumfield, Laura Smith-Spark and Per Nyberg contributed to this
report.
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