Next 36 hours critical for Malala

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Next 36 hours critical for Malala

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The team of doctors treating Malala Yousufzai has said that next 36 hours are critical for her.

13 October,2012 07:34 am

Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa has said the condition of Malala Yousafzai is satisfactory‚ however‚ the next thirty-six to forty-eight hours are important.Talking to media Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said decision to send her abroad has not yet been taken.The army spokesman further said that Malala was still on a ventilator and that the 14-year-old had been shifted to Rawalpindi upon doctors’ instructions.The DG ISPR added that a medical team had been constituted, headed by a Major General, and that the decision to send Malala abroad would be taken by a medical board.Currently, all the doctors on the panel treating Malala were Pakistanis but two foreign doctors were also being consulted on the treatment.“Her blood pressure is normal. Heartbeat is normal, and thanks to God, her condition is satisfactory,” Bajwa said.Bajwa said the bullet entered her head and went into her neck toward her spine, but it was too soon to say whether she had any significant head injury.Malala’s parents have been given a well-maintained residence but details about their whereabouts cannot be revealed due to security concerns, he added.Meanwhile, police have arrested four more people, including a woman, in connection with attack on Malala Yousufzai.