Malala has 70% chance of survival: Doctors
One of her doctors, Mumtaz Khan, told AFP Malala had improved since the bullet was removed in an operation on Wednesday but she was still seriously ill.
"She has been put on a ventilator for two days. The bullet has affected some part of the brain, but there is a 70% chance that she will survive," he said.
Asked whether 14-year-old Malala was being sent to the top military hospital in Rawalpindi, a military official confirmed to AFP only that she was being moved and that a further announcement would be made shortly.
"Her condition is not yet out of danger despite improvement. She is being shifted to Rawalpindi," Governor Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa Masood Kausar told reporters.
Malala, who studies at Khushal Public School, was on her way home when the vehicle came under attack on Haji Baba Road. One of the other injured has been identified as Shazia and sources say the third was a teacher.
Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan had said his group was behind the shooting.
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This is a very sad incident and the people behind this don't seem to be Muslim's or fighting a Muslim war. The Muslim religion never encourages attack against children, women, weak and innocent.
This attack definitely looks like an inside work, with a big motive behind. A clear evidence is the fact that they don't want to shift the innocent girl (Malala) to USA for better treatment, and a chance to get back on her feet smiling and continuing her mission.
My entire family is praying for her recovery. May the AL-mighty Allah bless her with long live, and speedy recovery. Amen!
@sunny: Thank you for your kind words. India treated late Mehdi Hasan and late wife of Wasim Akram. Pakistan is thankful to India, now India must also settle the Kashmir issue according to the Kashmiris wish. Regards.
malala can be transferred to India as in the past several pakistani patients had got good treatment here on humanitarian ground and malala is none but a golden girl
@SS: Remember she is on ventilator which is a complex situation, Top doctors are taking care of her,she needs very strict monitoring and vigilance, And i m sure all involved teams are doing their best,,... lets be optimistic for' *Princess of Education*' and trust on care providers......
May God save this brave girl. Malala ! you have blessings and prayers from India standing by you. Both India and Pakistan have felt the acridity of terrorism in equal proportions. The governments are adrift in politics and its time that the common men must wake to a revolution against terrorism. You are our pride and inspiration. May God give health to you and your friends !
@Sajid Iqbal: A single girl is important because she is the one who had some courage to come out and fight against tyranny , oppression and brutality. May God help her recover soon.
Dear Malala,
You stood up for what you believed in against the scum of humankind-what else can you call the monsters who find pride in attacking a child??
I hope that your valor and resultant suffering inspires the politicians and the the powers (that really rule Pakistan) to do the right thing. They should take the hate out of their agenda and do what is good for Pakistan before it is too late.
May you get well soon really quickly and continue your fight. We need more people like you- not only in Pakistan, but in entire world (including India where I am from).
Pakistan just does not have the competency in medicine. She should be sent abroad for treatment.
On Pakistani Media it is continuously said that some people killed Malala, but the fact is that she is wounded not killed, at least at this moment. Deep analysis indicate that those who shoot Malala are interested in killing her and see benefit after her death.
Where are the Glamour Ladies of Pakistan: Ms Khar & Ms Sherry Rehman denouncing this attack? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I thought being ladies they would dientify with the victim and with the cause of womens education...
@Ali Raza: Agree with you 100%.
@Sajid Iqbal: To me (personally), your argument is a bit tangential to the depth of this situation. But it's your viewpoint, and for sure you are entitled to it, just as I am to mine. Peace. We all want our society to revert back to a more harmonious and humane existence.
To all the people of Pakistan I say, I am sorry. I am sorry our governments do not care for us the people. We are all brothers and sisters yet we are torn apart by argument or religion or power hungry or greedy ones. We must each meet our own God in our own way. Enshallah, may we meet our God with hearts open and not fists closed. I pray for all the people of the world to rise up against power and make lasting peace. May the 2 girls and their teacher be blessed with full recovery and the honor due women of peace.
we need you back malala!!! get well soon and retake your place as a voice of reason and courage>>> we need you more than you need us...
@Saim: I don't think children have been targeted first time during this war. All stakeholders of this war(on terror) have targeted children on some occasion whether its Taliban, US/Nato or our very own army. And regarding ideology and other political blah blah, for God sake keep the children out of this game. For me this is attempted murder of innocent human being and so are the other humans dying everyday in this country. This discrimination of treating human being based on ideologies is disgusting.
"Some damage to her brain" is really not a small thing to be glossed over. That could be extremely nasty. As for shifting her to another country, chances are if it's being thought of as maybe being needed, it is definitely needed. You don't play games and take chances with brain injury unless it's the only thing you can do with your fingers crossed.
Someone closer to the situation than I am told me that the reason for her care in Military facilities and not civilian was out of concern for further attacks on her that could endanger broader civilian population. That is probably sound consideration, but in that case starrt with Islamabad, and bring the best doctors from Karachi (KHI has Dr Chisti - who is a renowned Neurosurgeon and specializes in severe trauma). Thats just one suggestion. Ofcourse I am sure there are many more
@Sajid Iqbal: Yes exactly you are right. A single girl is important because this news is leading to make notorious to Taliban, actully I think it is conspiracy against Muslims community, but we are still sleeping.
well, first of all I would agree with every body that Malala will recover soon under the shadow of Almighty Allah, but here is the matter of concern, no body is thinking that who the Talibans actually are? Do anybody knows? In my opinion a true Muslim can't do such kind of awful act. It may be a conspiracy to make notorious to Muslims community. Are u agree or disagree?
@Sajid Iqbal, its because she represents an ideology and a struggle that thisnation is going thru and needs to fight a fight for. All 30 who died are equally important from a humanity and family perspective and our hearts bleed every day with every news of innocent human lives lost due to barbarism. But here, a line of unexpected proportions has been crossed (targeting children), which from my memory, only happened during the Rwandan genocide. An ideology has been attacked as well. Hence the undue focus>
I wish the surgeons had consulted with expert opinion from US/UK prior to the first surgery. The first intervention is the most important one, What kind of a reason is "to provide better post-op care". "Op" is the MOST important thing and should have happened in Karachi or Lahore or Islamabad. Zardari went to Dubai to get checked for serious flu, this girl is fighting for her dear life and you let the Operation happen is Peshawer !!!! Which leading Neurosugeon of this entire Earth wants to live in Peshawer (given current condictions). It would vene have been great if Indian Experts had been consulted. India has some tremendous specialists. Just so damn frustrating. By this time, you could have flown a couple of experts in. Being on Vent means you are losing your ability to self-regulate breathing. How many have heard of people coming out of Ventilators 100% normal ? Please she is a child, dont experiment here. We are praying for a miracle.
So fed up with this #Malala news. Today around 30 peoples been killed in Pakistan. Nobody cares about them than why a single girl is so important.
Just imagine the plight of women in the areas controlled by these beasts which all pakistanis think its ok that way because of their culture. Countrymen wake up these beasts of satan have nothing to do wirh Islam.
@aslam: Agreed unanimously (muttafiq-alaih) Regards.
@ Dr Waqas "Its extremely difficult to recover from a head injury.I pray to Allah that she recovers completely but i have a very bad feeling about this ".
Quite true! But sometimes The Almighty uses a shockingly amazing miracle to wake a nation out of its slumber.So I too pray this will turn out to be such a miracle.
DEAR GOD(not the one of talibans) please i pray give my life to malala and let her survivive and guide this astray nation
Speak up and condemn so called TTP Enemy no 1 of Paksiatan, we must destroy them at all costs.
We must take the name of these devils and speak against them, ALL MUST SPEAK UP NOW
I dont know why government didnt do anything for her security before despite of knowing that her life is in danger and shes been receiving threats.
Just to clarify, am not saying there is a conspiracy, just that the condition of Malala may not be as in control of the doctors as we are being made to think. Governments in the Indian subcontinent have this tendency to fudge facts and to delay giving accurate reports.
Nevertheless hope I am wrong and she recovers fully and leads a productive and exemplary life.
Moreover, many commentators are not saying much about the other two girls because there are no reports on their condition in either the print media or the electronic media. Am sure all of us wish for them to have full and speedy recovery.
Malala get well soon.. You are a true inspiration for us.
May Allah swt give shift to all the injured girls including Malala......
I hope that she recovers fully, and that she is not left mentall hadicapped by this. That would be terrible for a girl who wanted an education/to learn, so badly. :(
It would be nice if the media would report on the other 2 girls who were shot, along with Malala. Are they not worth mentioning too? The are victimes, just as Malala. I hope they they are doing well.
Its extremely difficult to recover from a head injury.I pray to Allah that she recovers completely but i have a very bad feeling about this
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatama Gandhi...... Malala..you have already won......with tonnes of love and blessings from IndiaIt is really sad and frustrating incident. May Allah bless her with healthy life. Let me tell you that it is not Talban who are responsible for it, it is you, me and the “silent majority” who let these monsters to develop to the present state. We let these extremist to grow exponentially. In the beginning we directly or indirectly encouraged them by keeping quit or justifying their actions. Now we are facing the consequences. Unfortunately, there are many religious minded people who are still not ready to call a spade a spade. Had we stopped this religious extremism and fanaticism at the time when they started against Ahmadis in 1950s, we would not have seen these days. We fed them by bowing to their propaganda and demands without realizing the long term consequences and now paying the price for that. I am sure that even our coming generations will be suffering from this mind set because we have not realized the root cause and obviously did nothing to roll back to a normal moral and ethical society.
She has been put on a ventilator for two days This is not good shine at all.Vents has serious effect on the gall bladder.After a period of time it ruptures inner skin of mouth causing inner bleeding.Doctors cannot provide food to a patient(either through a vein) when he/she is on vent.so Weakness is also a very serious issue.one needs adequate amount of food to recover from injuries caused by bullets. Vent has its own complication.Two days is very long period.seems that authorities r not very concern about her health.Hope she should recover soon.
my prayers and sympathies are with the angel and the family
Perfect move to divert attention from Drones.. Well Played. Other Student Shazia is seriously injured and her parents move her to Peshawar. No Govt/Army support her medical expenses. Everyone shouting malala, malala n malala.. other ppl injured in drone attacks, target killing, blasts are also innocent and humans. Media covering only one story to divert attentions. wake up ppl.
@ maria Many people suspect that this was the intended outcome of the shooting. To create mob rule and anarchy in the country. So it is vitally important to catch the culprits and punish them after a due process of law. I agree with the editorial of Tribune Express.
The people of Pakistani need to know who are these barbaric people and where do they get their funding from?
@Aijaz Haider: we should hanged that man Enshanullah Ehsan in public. make him an example for TTP. those cowards have no sympthy for a poor girl, why shoudl we have any sympthy for them.
whether he applogize or not, that man need to be hanged.
If somethings bad happens to her, people of Pakistan will attack all hate spreading Mullah in whole country. people who donate money and attend hate spreading jalsas of mullahs are also responsible for attacking her. Shame on you.
@ET: It would be nice if you put a few lines about the health of the other 2 girls who were injured. I heard their parents have to pay for their medical expenses, is that true? Can you please confirm?
plz dont be in an illusion that TTP is fighting for Islam Or sharia...this is evident from Malala shooting...they have no regard for muslim lives..these drug addicts illiterate thugs are adamant on destroying the Rich socio-cultural heritage of Pakistan by imposing murdrers, criminals, bandits to rule over Pakistan.Time has come to launch an offensive against their hideouts.Those who are living in denial should wake up after Malala Shooting.I pray for her speedy recovery and aslo pray that TTP are eliminated soon. I appeal Pak army and current political leaders to use "Offence is the best defence Policy against Enemy" as their main policy against Gangs of Ahsanullah Ahsan. This is the best time to get united and single out these murderous thugs as the entire nation demands such action.
Malala get well soon,....Ya Allah please give her health and long life..Aameen.
@Jat:
I agree, this step being taken by the Government does not bode well for Malala's recovery. It seems political to keep her in Pakistan. She should be flown to the West for expert advice and surgery if required. President Obama has offered his country's help. If Malala was General Kayani's or President Zardari's daughter daughter, would she still be kept in Pakistan at this stage?
I smell a sinister motive here........
I wish her full recovery and safety for her and her family...
Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan should be ahamed and apoligize publicly for the barbaric act and vow not to repeat it again.
I don't have a good feeling about this, knowing how governments give out graduated misleading statements.
Hope Malala is safe and recovering.