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Former President George H.W. Bush health improving, moved out of Houston ICU

Published: 23 Jan 2017 - 07:27 pm | Last Updated: 11 Nov 2021 - 06:55 am
Former President George H.W. Bush (L), and former first lady Barbara Bush attend the Texas A&M University commencement ceremony in College Station, Texas, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Former President George H.W. Bush (L), and former first lady Barbara Bush attend the Texas A&M University commencement ceremony in College Station, Texas, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Reuters

HOUSTON: The health of former U.S.  President George H.W. Bush, 92,  is improving and he has been moved out of the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital where he has been treated for more than a week for pneumonia, doctors said on Monday.

Former first lady Barbara Bush, 91, has been discharged from the same hospital after being treated for bronchitis, doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital told a news conference.

(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)