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| George H W Bush hospitalised a day after his wife's funeral | George H W Bush hospitalised a day after his wife's funeral |
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| Former US President George H W Bush has been hospitalised with an infection the day after his wife Barbara's funeral. | |
| US media report that he is in intensive care. In a statement, a family spokesman said he had contracted an infection that spread to his blood, but was "responding to treatments". | |
| The 93-year-old was admitted to hospital in Houston on Sunday morning. | |
| He was president from 1989 to 1993 and his son, George W Bush, went on to serve in the same role. | He was president from 1989 to 1993 and his son, George W Bush, went on to serve in the same role. |
| Barbara Bush, the only woman to see both her husband and her son sworn in as US president, died last Tuesday and was laid to rest on Saturday. | Barbara Bush, the only woman to see both her husband and her son sworn in as US president, died last Tuesday and was laid to rest on Saturday. |
| The couple had been married for 73 years. | The couple had been married for 73 years. |
| After her death, Mr Bush said of her: "We have faith she is in heaven and we know that life will go on, as she would have it. So cross the Bushes off your worry list." |