In a short statement, the hospital said he was admitted late last Thursday and was assessed by a multi-disciplinary team on Friday having suffered severe wounds to his left arm during the atrocity at the army-run school, which claimed more than 140 lives on December 16.
Malala Yousafzai, who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, also underwent surgery at the QE after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in north-west Pakistan in 2012 .
Ahmad’s parents reportedly lost one son, Haris, in the attack and feared he would lose the use of his left arm as doctors at the hospital where he was previously treated could not repair the damage caused by the gunshot wound.
Ahmad’s dad Muhammad Nawaz compared the treatment his son had received in his homeland with that experienced by Malala. “Both (Malala and Ahmad) are victims of terror attacks. But my son is still crying for help. He (Ahmad) wakes up after every two hours and starts crying from the pain, but the only thing doctors do is give him painkillers.”
