Bush Senior discharged from hospital after a week long treatment
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. was admitted to the same hospital about a year ago for a cough that was later diagnosed as a mild case of pneumonia.
Mr Bush is the father of former Republican President George W Bush, who served two terms from 2001 to 2009, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully sought the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.