PIA Air-ambulance ready to fly Malala abroad
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 10:47:00 by Faisal Farooq
Over the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has completed arrangements for shifting Malala Yousafzai to Dubai for medical treatment, who was shot in the head by cowardly militants in Swat.
Managing Director PIA Junaid Yunus while speaking to the media said a makeshift air-ambulance is ready to airlift critically injured Malala to Dubai at the Peshawar Airport. He, however, said a medical board is yet to make a decision on when she should be flown abroad for further medical treatment.
Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari issued directives for making arrangements to take critically injured Malala abroad for neurosurgery.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik also issued the order after the medical board of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar, where Malala Yousafzai’s detailed check-up was conducted, recommended that the 14-year old girl be taken abroad for treatment.
According to some reports she successfully underwent an operation at CMH to remove the bullet.
“The bullet has been successfully removed from her head after five-hour long operation, however, she is still in critical condition and could be shifted to abroad,” Dr Mumtaz, a neurosurgeon, told reporters. He added that they were hopeful that Malala’s condition will be improved in next few days.
According to reports, Malala had suffered a serious cerebrovascular injury after a bullet fired by the Taliban gunman penetrated her skull and had stopped dangerously short of her spinal cord.
A team of senior neurosurgeons has been setup at combined military hospital (CMH) which will take the final decision to shift Malala abroad.
Malala won international recognition for highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat with a blog for the BBC three years ago, when the Islamist militants led by radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah burned girls’ schools and terrorized the valley.
She received the first-ever national peace award from the Pakistani government last year, and was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by advocacy group Kids Rights Foundation in 2011.
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Dear Malala!
I received this heart shocking new in Jalalabad Afghanistan, You are our sister! We are proud of your courageous struggle against the insurgents who also destroy our schools and kill our sisters and brothers in Afghanistan!
You are in the prayers of your Afghan sisters! May Allah Almighty recover soon Ameen !!!
Laila Durani
Jalalabad City, Afghanistan
AOA!
Dear Malala you are an asset, blessed by Allah for the prosperity and progress of this country all walk of life. I pray for your early health recovery and everlasting life. We all are well aware of the current state which our country and specially our sweet valley is facing from the last decade. Its not attack on yourself but an attack on humanity.
Aameen
your well wisher
Dear Malala,
May God be by your side. Be assured that the civilized world has you in their prayers for you to get well again and continue in God’s work.
Your tenacity and bravery to get the wrongs in your homeland put right have not gone unnoticed by the rest of the world.
The video I watched last night showed you as beautiful,determined young lady, eloquently speaking in perfect English and showing a maturity far beyond your 14 years of age.
Pakistan , your parents, family and friends must be really proud of you.
You are an inspiration to us all to do God’s good work on this earth.
Peace be with you.
Mario