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| Malala Yousafzai: Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgery to repair skull | Malala Yousafzai: Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgery to repair skull |
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| Doctors have revealed how they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. | Doctors have revealed how they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. |
| Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details about two procedures due to be carried out on the 15-year-old. | Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details about two procedures due to be carried out on the 15-year-old. |
| She was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after being shot in the head by the Taliban in October. | She was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after being shot in the head by the Taliban in October. |
| The hospital said Malala's surgery would take place in the next 10 days. | The hospital said Malala's surgery would take place in the next 10 days. |
| The first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate. | The first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate. |
| Doctors said Malala was completely deaf in her left ear after being shot at point blank range. | Doctors said Malala was completely deaf in her left ear after being shot at point blank range. |
| 'Remarkable recovery' | 'Remarkable recovery' |
| The shockwave destroyed her eardrum and the bones for hearing. | The shockwave destroyed her eardrum and the bones for hearing. |
| Surgeons said the second procedure would involve fitting a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to someone who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. | |
| Dr Dave Rosser, medical director at the QEHB, said: "Her recovery is remarkable and it's a testament to her strength and desire to get better. | Dr Dave Rosser, medical director at the QEHB, said: "Her recovery is remarkable and it's a testament to her strength and desire to get better. |
| "There is no doubt that the surgery she underwent in Pakistan was life saving. | "There is no doubt that the surgery she underwent in Pakistan was life saving. |
| "Had that surgery not been of such a high standard she would have died." | "Had that surgery not been of such a high standard she would have died." |
| He added her full recovery could take another 15 to 18 months. | He added her full recovery could take another 15 to 18 months. |
| Dr Rosser said the missing part of Malala's skull had been put in her abdomen by surgeons in Pakistan to "keep the bone alive". | |
| Doctors in Birmingham have chosen to use a metal plate to repair her skull instead of the bone in her abdomen, which they say may have shrunk. | |
| Dr Rosser added Malala has asked to keep the bone once it has been removed. | |
| Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban's 2009 edict to close girls' schools. | |
| Her love for education, and her courage in standing up to the Taliban, earned her a national peace award in 2011. | |
| Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Malala to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. | |
| The Pakistan government has given Malala's father a job in Birmingham as the education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for at least three years. |