Ex-President of US George HW Bush released from Houston hospital

Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital today after spending 13 days being treated for an infection that required his hospitalization a day after his wife's funeral.

Jim McGrath, a spokesman for the 93-year-old Bush, tweeted that doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital "report he is doing well" and that the former president is "happy to return home."
McGrath had previously said Bush was eager to get well so he could get to his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He also noted that while hospitalised, Bush had been more focused on the Houston Rockets playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves "than anything that landed him in the hospital."