Malala talking, recovering after surgeries

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was reported in stable condition at a British hospital Sunday after successful 5-hour surgeries intended to repair her skull. “She is awake and talking to staff and members of her family,” the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said in a statement. The two operations done on Saturday, February 2, were a success and her medical team is “very pleased” with her progress, the hospital said. The 15-year-old Malala was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for her crusade in favor of education for Pakistani girls. A titanium plate and cochlear implant were attached in two operations to partially restore hearing in her left ear. The plate was needed to replace a section of her skull, which had to be removed by doctors to relieve swelling after she was shot. Now a symbol of empowerment of young women, Malala will remain hospitalized until she is well enough to be discharged.

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