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Barbara Bush discharged from hospital

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IANS Houstan

Former US first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from a Houston hospital, a family spokesman said.

Bush, 88, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital Dec 30 for treatment of what an official statement said was "a respiratory-related issue", Xinhua reported Saturday.

Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath told media Friday that doctors were pleased at how well Barbara Bush responded to treatment.

Wife of George H.W. Bush, the 41st US president, and mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, she is one of only two women to be both the wife and mother of US presidents. inthe American history.

Abigail Adams is the first woman in the American history to have had the distinction of being both the wife and mother of presidents. She was the wife of John Adams, the second US president, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president.

 

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First Published: Jan 05 2014 | 12:30 PM IST

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