Malala Yousufzai, 15-year-old Pakistani girl, has been released from The Queens Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England on Thursday, after being shot in the head by a Taliban member. But Malala will still need close hospital monitoring and another surgery in the next months to reconstruct her skull.
Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director for University Hospitals Birmingham told the Associated Press, "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery," he said "Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers."
In October, Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban for her advocacy of educating women in Pakistan. Through her blog "Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl," Malala has been promoting the need to educate woman since she the age of 11. Malala comes from the conservative region of Mingora in the Swat Valley area of the country. Taliban leaders have been notorious for waging attacks on promulgators of woman education.
Malala's father Ziauddin, has been appointed to a three-year term as Pakistan's education attaché in Birmingham by the Pakistani government. Time Magazine labeled Malala as "Person of the Year" in 2012.
Friends and family back in Pakistan were also delighted to hear of Malala's discharge. One student Kainat Riaz, 16, from the town of Mingora told the Associated Press, "Malala was very brave and she was always friendly with everyone... We are proud of her."
The hospital released a statement "She is still due to be readmitted 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," as reported by the New York Times.
Watch Malala walk out of the hospital below: