| Malala Yousafzai; Pakistan girl 'standing with help' | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 19 2012, 12:52 PM (1,312 Views) | |
| becky sharp | Oct 19 2012, 12:52 PM Post #1 |
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This is good news but I thought too serious to be put in the "Stories from the news to gladden your heart..." thread The Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban has managed to stand for the first time since the shooting, say UK doctors who are treating her. Dr David Rosser said she was also able to communicate by writing notes, but added that there were still some concerns about her smooth recovery. Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman because she campaigned for girls' education. She was flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Monday night. Dr Rosser said that she was "doing very well" and reported that she was eager for details about her condition to be shared more widely. "Malala is now well enough... she is happy, in fact, keen for us to share quite a lot of clinical detail with you," he said. "She's communicating very freely, she's writing." Skull reconstruction But he reiterated an earlier warning that she was "not out of the woods" yet. "She is still showing some signs of infection, which is probably related to the bullet track. [There is] some infection in the bullet track, which is our key source of concern," he told reporters. In terms of her future care, the specialist teams looking after her estimate she will need a few weeks to rehabilitate and ensure the infection clears up. Part of her skull will then need to be reconstructed either by reinserting the bone that was removed or with a titanium plate. The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again and she was given tight security for her journey to the UK on Monday. She and two other schoolgirls were attacked as they returned home from school in Mingora in the Swat Valley almost a week earlier. The gunman who boarded the van in which she was travelling asked for her by name before firing three shots at her. Malala is widely known as a campaigner for girls' education in Pakistan. In early 2009 she wrote an anonymous diary for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban, who had banned all girls in her area from attending school. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20001486 What an unbelievably brave girl she is ...
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| The_Bush_Doctor | Oct 29 2012, 12:40 AM Post #2 |
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Yes Becky, Malala is one exceptional girl. This is a very sad case which shows what a bunch of fundamentalist lunatics can do to a country and its people.
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| caissier | Oct 29 2012, 01:48 AM Post #3 |
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Do the Taleban have any other penalties or sanctions for things they take exception to apart from DEATH! Simplifies sentencing I suppose though ....... Edited by caissier, Oct 29 2012, 01:48 AM.
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| Mobson | Oct 29 2012, 10:38 AM Post #4 |
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yes I suppose it does, although mercifully in this instance it didn't! ... ... ... Malala
Edited by Mobson, Oct 29 2012, 10:39 AM.
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| duckie | Oct 29 2012, 05:01 PM Post #5 |
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Apparently, she has been asking for her schoolbooks whilst in hospital - such an inspirational young lady! I wish her a speedy recovery, I've no doubt she'll go far in life!
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| caissier | Nov 5 2012, 04:45 PM Post #6 |
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There is a petition to nominate her for a Nobel Peace Prize .... http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/uk-party-leaders-and-foreign-secretary-nominate-malala-for-the-nobel-peace-prize?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12823&alert_id=YNxCelCTGY_pjNlOodVGp I hope it doesn't make her more of a target and perhaps she is a bit young, not to mention still, recovering, to deal with such attention. Edited by caissier, Nov 5 2012, 04:58 PM.
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| caissier | Nov 5 2012, 04:56 PM Post #7 |
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bump back |
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| caissier | Jul 11 2013, 11:45 AM Post #8 |
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Malala to address the United Nations .... amazing. Edited by caissier, Jul 11 2013, 12:44 PM.
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| Lurkalot | Jul 11 2013, 05:52 PM Post #9 |
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I won't be surprised if she is working for united nations in the future! Good for her and an inspiration to all young people. |
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| becky sharp | Jul 11 2013, 10:01 PM Post #10 |
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She is as The_Bush_Doctor has already said an exceptional girl! |
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| caissier | Jul 12 2013, 05:46 PM Post #11 |
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Malala's speech ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRh_30C8l6Y http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/malala-yousafzai-un-taliban-militants-speech Stand with Malala petition .... https://secure.aworldatschool.org/page/s/stand-with-malala
Edited by caissier, Jul 12 2013, 09:34 PM.
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| Lurkalot | Jul 13 2013, 07:36 AM Post #12 |
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Gordon Brown was also appeared in the news as he is the UN education envoy. He might learn a few things probably. lol |
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| caissier | Jul 13 2013, 09:28 AM Post #13 |
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Yes, he was there, looking just as uncomfortable in his skin as ever , poor bloke. He's still an MP though, isn't he? How does that work with being a figure on the world stage? |
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I wish her a speedy recovery, I've no doubt she'll go far in life!

4:45 PM Jul 13