LONDON  - Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been discharged from hospital in Britain following successful surgery, her doctors said on Friday.The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the central English city of Birmingham said the 15 year old has been making ‘a good recovery’ following surgery last weekend to fix a titanium plate to cover a missing piece of her skull."Her medical team decided she was well enough to be discharged as an inpatient yesterday (February 7)," the hospital said in a statement."She will now continue her rehabilitation at her family's temporary home in Birmingham and will visit the hospital occasionally for outpatient appointments."During five hours of surgery last Saturday, the schoolgirl had a custom-made piece of titanium fitted to her skull and surgeons also inserted an electronic implant to help restore hearing to her left ear. Malala released a video message on Monday in which she thanked supporters for their prayers and vowed to continue with her campaign."Today you can see that I am alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and I am getting better day by day," she said. "God has given me this new life -- a second life. And I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated."

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