Malala likely to be sent abroad for treatment

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Malala likely to be sent abroad for treatment

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The government is likely to send Malala Yousafzai to abroad for medical treatment.

09 October,2012 11:20 pm

President Asif Ali Zardari ordered the authorities concerned to make sure arrangements for the treatment of Yousafzai.Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has directed authorities to make arrangements for shifting Malala Yousafzai to abroad for medical treatment.Earlier, doctors at the Military Combined Hospital (CMH) have termed next three days as critical for the health of 14-year old Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban in Swat earlier in the day.The minister ordered Interior Secretary to finalize all paper work for sending the peace-activist to foreign. Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government also announced to provide her treatment from abroad.According to the reports, the doctors have recommended that the girl be sent abroad for treatment.The doctors said surgery was not possible due to swelling and a bullet had moved into her spine through her head. A bullet was still in her head and would be removed through a surgery.Malala Yousafzai along with another girl was injured in an armed attack in Saydu Sharif while returning from school in a vehicle.