Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai released from U.K. hospital

Doctors treating activist teen shot by Taliban optimistic about her recovery

 

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, centre, waves with nurses as she is discharged from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in this handout photograph released on Friday. The teen was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education. (Reuters)

 

A teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has been released from hospital.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham officials said Friday that Malala Yousufzai will be treated as an outpatient before being readmitted for further cranial re-constructive surgery at the end of the month, or in early February.

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Experts have been optimistic that Yousufzai, who was airlifted to Britain from Pakistan to receive specialized medical care, has a good chance of recovery because the brains of teenagers are still growing and can better adapt to trauma.
Dr. Dave Rosser says her medical team decided she'd benefit from being at home with her family.
Malala was returning home from school in Pakistan last year when she was targeted.