Former US president George H. W. Bush, 90, in hospital: spokesman

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014
Former US president George H. W. Bush, 90, in hospital: spokesman

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US president George H. W. Bush has been admitted to a Texas hospital suffering shortness of breath, a family spokesman said Tuesday.

"President Bush was taken by ambulance to the Houston Methodist Hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening," his spokesman Jim McGrath said. "The former president, age 90, will be held for observation, again as a precaution."