Anti-Taliban teen Malala sent to UK for treatment

October 15, 2012 11:08

Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was seriously injured in an assassination attempt by the Taliban last week, was today sent to Britain as she needs prolonged medical care, including the repair of damaged bones of the skull.

The 14-year-old was flown to Britain this morning in an air ambulance provided by the United Arab Emirates. She had been in the intensive care unit of the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi since Thursday.

The decision to shift her outside Pakistan was made by a board of civil and military doctors that has been supervising Malala's treatment, a military spokesman said. She is being sent to a British centre that can provide "integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury".

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