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.

 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.

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Six may be charged for Indian Hospital Fire

[ news ] 10 Dec

Police say that six senior hospital officials are expected to face court for their involvement in the outbreak of fire in the elite Indian hospital Friday.

Javed Khan, head of the fire service in West Bengal state -- of which Kolkata is the capital -- said the incident suggested gross negligence and serious violations of safety norms. "There was a fire in 2008 in the same hospital and we are trying to probe how the authorities got their fire licence renewed," Khan added.

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94 People Die in a Private Hospital Fire in India

[ The New York Times ] 9 Dec

A huge fire at Advanced Medical Research Institute hospital in Kolkata has left 94 dead. The fre broke out Friday morning in the basement of the hospital and spread rapidlly in the hermetically sealed air conditioned building.

The hospital also called AMRI, was state of the art with some of the latest, most precise radiation therapy equipment for patients in its cancer center. It offered special deluxe suites for its wealthiest patients. Its trauma surgery unit was said to be one of the best in eastern India, as well as its highly efficient emergency room.

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