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| Malala Yousafzai leaves Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Malala Yousafzai leaves Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
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| The Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital as an inpatient. | |
| Malala Yousafzai, 15, was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) after being transferred following the attack in October. | Malala Yousafzai, 15, was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) after being transferred following the attack in October. |
| She will continue rehabilitation at her family's temporary West Midlands home. | |
| The Taliban said it shot Malala, a campaigner for girls' education, for "promoting secularism". | The Taliban said it shot Malala, a campaigner for girls' education, for "promoting secularism". |
| 'Strong young woman' | 'Strong young woman' |
| She was returning home from school in the north-western Swat district on 9 October when gunmen stopped her vehicle and shot her in the head and the chest. | |
| The teenager was flown to the hospital in Birmingham to receive specialist treatment. | |
| Over the past few weeks, Malala has been leaving the hospital on home visits to spend time with her father Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul. | Over the past few weeks, Malala has been leaving the hospital on home visits to spend time with her father Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul. |
| The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said doctors believe she will continue to make good progress outside the hospital. | |
| The schoolgirl is due to undergo cranial reconstruction surgery in late January or early February. | |
| Dr Dave Rosser, the trust's medical director, said: "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery. | Dr Dave Rosser, the trust's medical director, 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. | "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 care." | "She will return to the hospital as an outpatient and our therapies team will continue to work with her at home to supervise her care." |
| Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban's 2009 edict to close girls' schools. | |
| Her love for education, and her courage to stand up to the Taliban made her an icon of bravery and earned her a national peace award in 2011. | |
| The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, visited Malala at the hospital on 8 December and assured the family his government would meet the expenses of the treatment. | |
| On Wednesday, the Pakistan government announced that Malala's father has been given a job in Birmingham. | |
| Mr Yousafzai has been appointed education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for at least three years. |