Malala discharged from Birmingham hospital

Malala released after successful surgeries.

BIRMINGHAM: Teenage peace activist Malala Yousufzai who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on Friday after making a good recovery from reconstructive surgery, NBC news reported.

Malala was shifted to the UK after receiving initial treatment at the Peshawar hospital and then the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC ) in Rawalpindi.

She was treated at the hospital for four months.

A team of doctors carried out a five-hour operation on the 15-year-old last week. The procedures carried out were cranial reconstruction, aimed at mending parts of her skull with a titanium plate, and a cochlear implant designed to restore hearing on her left side, which was damaged in the attack.

“Both operations were a success and Malala is now recovering in hospital,” said a statement on Sunday from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, where she is being treated.

It is believed that Malala, who's family has joined her in the UK, will remain in Birmingham for the time being.