Malala to get “specialized care” in Britain

A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for the right to go to school has arrived in the UK. Malala Yousafzai, 14, was flown to Birmingham airport and will be taken to the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she will receive specialist “prolonged care” to help her recover. The teenager was shot on a bus in front of her friends last Tuesday in what Foreign Secretary William Hague described as a “barbaric attack”. Her life was saved by neurosurgeons in a Pakistani military hospital and she has since been in intensive care. But doctors decided she needed “prolonged care” to help her recover from the physical and psychological effects of the attack. Mr Hague said: “Malala’s bravery in standing up for the right of all young girls in Pakistan to an education is an example to us all. Malala will now receive specialist medical care in an National Health Service hospital. Our thoughts remain with Malala and her family at this difficult time.” Sky News