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Malala Yousafzai to Receive New Skull Made of Titanium

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a Taliban attack and became a global icon of resistance, will soon have surgery to repair her shattered skull and damaged hearing. In the next 10 days, Yousafzai will undergo a three-hour procedure to attach a titanium plate to a large hole in her head and to implant a cochlear hearing device to replace her destroyed eardrum, the hospital where she will undergo the surgery announced today. The procedures, which will be carried...Full Story
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