Saturday, October 20, 2012

Malala opens eyes and able to stand: UK hospital

Malala Yousafzai has stood up with help for the first time since she was shot in the head by the Taliban but remains seriously ill, doctors treating her at a British hospital said Friday.

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 The hospital released a first picture of Malala, in her hospital bed, clutching a teddy bear

Malala is unable to talk due to the breathing tube inserted into her windpipe but she can communicate by writing, said Dave Rosser, the medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England.

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The teenager escaped certain death by a matter of centimetres (inches), with the bullet grazing the edge of her brain, he said.

Read more: Business Recorder

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