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Details of Malala's next phase of surgery revealed

Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has revealed details of the next phase of surgery for the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

Malala leaving hospital to live with her family in Birmingham Credit: REUTERS/Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Handout

The surgery will involve fitting a specially-moulded titanium plate to replace a missing section of her skull after she survived being shot a point blank range.

Surgeons will also be fitting a small electronic device to improve hearing in her left ear.

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Titanium plate to be fitted to Malala's skull

This animation has been released by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham to illustrate the surgery that Malala will undergo.

The straight line in the video shows where the bullet entered and exited Malala's head.

It then shows the section of Malala's skull that is missing, and how a moulded titanium plate will be fitted to cover this.

The final part of the video shows the small electronic device that will be fitted to her left ear to improve her sense of hearing. She can still hear normally through her right ear.

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Malala set for UK stay after father given consular role

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl who is being treated in a UK hospital after she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan, is set to stay in Britain after her father was given a job by the Pakistan consulate in Birmingham.

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Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Credit: REUTERS/Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Ziauddin Yousufzai has been given a role in education for at least three years.

Gordon Brown: 'Breakthrough moment for Pakistan' in education rights

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is in Pakistan today, met two of Malala's friends who were injured in the attack and said there was now a real momentum for change in the country.

I believe that in Pakistan, the silent majority is speaking and that there is now a national consensus that the country can delay no longer in ensuring girls and boys have schools to go to and teachers to teach them.

This has been a breakthrough moment for Pakistan and now we must turn Pakistan's new ambitions and popular determination into delivery on the ground.

– Gordon Brown MP

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X-rays showing bullet lodged in student's head

The bright white mark to the left of the nose shows the bullet surgeons removed Credit: BMI Hospital Edgbaston
Ummad Farooq was shot in the head while in Pakistan with his family
Ummad Farooq was shot in the head while in Pakistan with his family Credit: BMI Hospital Edgbaston
A team of surgeons from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the BMI Hospital Birmingham removed the bullet through Ummad's nose
A team of surgeons from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the BMI Hospital Birmingham removed the bullet through Ummad's nose Credit: BMI Hospital Edgbaston
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