Surgeons at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital have revealed that they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head in October.

The hospital said Malala Yousafzai’s surgery would take place in the next 10 daysThe first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate,BBC reported

Doctors in Birmingham have chosen to use a metal plate to repair her skull instead of the bone in her abdomen, which they say may have shrunk.

The second procedure will involve fitting a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to someone who is profoundly deaf .or severely hard of hearing.

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 in standing up to the Taliban, earned her a national peace award in 2011.

By UP