Fursan
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PESHAWAR: Pakistani doctors were to decide Wednesday whether to fly abroad a 14-year-old child activist in a critical condition after being shot in the head by the Taliban, in a case that has horrified the country.
Doctors successfully operated on Malala and removed the bullet lodged in her neck, DawnNews reported on Wednesday.
Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the CMH to inquire on Malalas condition.
During his visit, Kayani said the Taliban were attacking children, adding that, the army would make any sacrifice but would not back down from this war.
The army chief said the Taliban could go to any extent to follow their self-perceived ideology. He further said that the Taliban had no regard for human life and were following a twisted philosophy to justify their nefarious agenda.
Malala Yousafzai was shot on her school bus with two friends in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat on Tuesday, then flown to the main northwestern city of Peshawar to be admitted to a military hospital.
Malala spent Tuesday night in intensive care, where doctors at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) described her condition as critical.
A military officer told AFP that a team of top doctors had flown to Peshawar to assess her condition on Wednesday.
They have a two-point agenda, to determine if Malala Yousafzais condition allows her to be shifted abroad for treatment or if she needs surgery here, the officer said.
Last night, a doctor at CMH told AFP that the bullet had travelled from her head and then lodged in the back shoulder, near the neck.
She is in the intensive care unit and semi-conscious, although not on the ventilator, he told AFP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.
The next three to four days would be crucial, he added.
State carrier Pakistan International Airlines told AFP that it had a Boeing 737 ready at Peshawar airport to fly Malala abroad if necessary, most probably to Dubai.
http://dawn.com/2012/10/10/doctors-to-decide-if-malala-needs-treatment-abroad/
