Ex-president George Bush hospitalised

Houston: Former President George HW Bush has been hospitalised in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday, reports AP.
The 92-year-old former president and father of former president George W. Bush has been in Methodist Hospital in Houston since Friday for observation because of a persistent cough, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a brief statement. He said doctors diagnosed a mild case of pneumonia that has been treated and resolved.
The former president "is in very good spirits and is being held for further observation while he regains his strength," McGrath said.

 

Ex-president George Bush hospitalised

Houston: Former President George HW Bush has been hospitalised in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday, reports AP. The 92-year-old former president and father of former president George W. Bush has been in Methodist Hospital in Houston since Friday for observation because of a persistent cough, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a brief statement. He said doctors diagnosed a mild case of pneumonia that has been treated and resolved. The former president is in very good spirits and is being held for further observation while he regains his strength, McGrath said.