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Bush Senior discharged from hospital after a week long treatment

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 5 May 2018, 15:14 IST

The oldest living former US President George H W Bush discharged from a Houston hospital. The 93-year-old senior Bush was admitted for nearly two weeks. He was detected with a blood infection. He was admitted to hospital two days after the former first lady and his wife Barbara Bush's death on April 17.

Spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement, "His doctors report he is doing well and is happy to return home."

Senior Bush was the president from 1989-1993. He was admitted a year ago to the same hospital in Houston. He then complained of cough that was later diagnosed as pneumonia.

He is the father of former Republican President George W Bush who served from 2001 to 2009 and Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully sought the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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First published: 5 May 2018, 14:16 IST