Ex-US President H.W. Bush Hopistalised After Wife’s Funeral

Former US President George H W Bush has been taken into intensive care unit in a hospital due to an infection, only one day after laying his wife to rest.

A statement by the family spokesman Jim McGrath, on Monday, confirmed that he had contracted an infection that spread to his blood and was rushed to the Huston hospital on Sunday morning, but was now “responding to treatments”.

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“President Bush was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital yesterday after contracting an infection that spread to his blood.

“He is responding to treatments and appears to be recovering. We will issue additional updates as events warrant,” the statement read.

The former President’s hospitalization is especially upsetting for his family because it follows so closely on the death of his wife of 73 years last Tuesday.

His wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, was buried on Saturday. Barbara died Tuesday at her Houston home. She was 92. The couple was married for 73 years.

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“I always knew Barbara was the most beloved woman in the world, and in fact I used to tease her that I had a complex about that fact,” Bush said after his wife’s passing.

He is father to ex-president George W. Bush (2001-2009) and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who was a contender in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

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