Malala Yousufzai discharged from Birmingham hospital

Ref: Malala15 Date: 04/01/13 Issue date: Immediate Enquiries: Carole Cole 0121 627 2978 or 07818 588729 Follow us: www.uhb.nhs.uk twitter.com/uhbcomms facebook.com/QEHBofficial

Malala Yousufzai was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham as an inpatient (QEHB) yesterday (January 3) to continue her rehabilitation at her familys temporary home in the West Midlands. The 15-year-old, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls education, is well enough to be treated by the hospital as an outpatient for the next few weeks. She is still due to be re-admitted in late January or early February to undergo cranial reconstructive surgery as part of her long-term recovery and in the meantime she will visit the hospital regularly to attend clinical appointments. Dr Dave Rosser, Medical Director, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, said: Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery. Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers. She will return to the hospital as an outpatient and our therapies team will continue to work with her at home to supervise her onward care. Over the past couple of weeks Malala has been leaving the hospital on a regular basis on home leave to spend time with her father Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul. During those visits assessments have been carried out by her medical team to ensure she can continue to make good progress outside the hospital. Malala was admitted to the QEHB on Monday October 15 after being flown from Pakistan where she was wounded in a school bus shooting on October 9.

A number of QEHBs multi-specialist doctors have been working alongside colleagues from Birmingham Childrens Hospital to treat her. The medical team has included clinicians from Neurosurgery, Imaging, Trauma and Therapies. Ends Editors notes Not for publication: guidance only The Trust has received numerous requests for interviews, documentary opportunities and publishing deals with Malala and her family. All approaches have been logged and forwarded to public relations agency Edelman, which is now handling all media enquiries: Email Phone malalapressenquiries@edelman.com +44 (0)20 3047 2585

Malalas father Ziauddin has decided that at this stage he and the family are not in a position to consider any of the requests or to be interviewed by any media. He has made it clear to the Trust that this situation will not change until after Malala has recovered from reconstructive cranial surgery (Jan/Feb 2013). The family requests that media respect their privacy at this time.