A fifteen year old Pakistani girl who was shot by the
Taliban last week is on the road to a hopeful recovery. Suffering from brain
damage because of the bullet fired, doctors say Malala might not make a
complete recovery. The shot was fired because she was speaking out
about women’s rights to education on the way home from her school in Pakistan.
Malala was quickly moved to a hospital in the UK to receive top care that was
not accessible in Pakistan. Even though she is now able to stand and
communicate through writing, it is too soon to tell whether or not she will
gain complete brain function again. The Taliban shot Malala as a demonstration
and because Malala was standing up for “Western thinking”. Now as a symbol for women's rights, Malala has become a key example for the need of better protection and care for those people living in situations as dangerous as hers.
This incident says a lot about the terrible situation that Middle
Eastern countries are still facing because of the Taliban. As we can see, the
health care that is available in Pakistan is minimal. Malala, with a serious head/brain injury, had to be transported thousands of miles to the UK for treatment. With so much
violence going on in countries such as Pakistan, who is trying to find their way
as a country, it is devastating that they cannot care for their own people
properly. We can see that the Taliban got what they wanted, a silencing of an
outburst against their regime. Little did they predict however, Malala has
become a symbol for the women’s fight for basic rights to education. Even
with these cries for education, people such as Malala have even louder cries
for their own safety, protection, and care. Many are concerned with so many
things that health care gets over looked. However, when situations like this
one for example arise in result of other problems, health care always becomes
number one priority and reveals how much it need to be prioritize.
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