Former US President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalised in Portland, according to CNN. Bush fell and broke a bone in his neck Wednesday, his spokesman said, following reports on the same.
“His condition is stable — he is fine — but he’ll be in a neck brace,” Bush spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted. “We are not expecting a long stay,” McGrath told the channel.
The 98 years old former US president, who uses a wheelchair, has seemed frail in recent public appearances. In December the 41st president was admitted to a Texas hospital for breathing problems.
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He was treated at the same Texas facility in November 2012 for bronchitis, spending nearly two months in the hospital. The patriarch of one of America’s most prominent political dynasties is father to former US president George W. Bush.
Another son, Jeb, the former governor of Florida, jumped into the 2016 presidential race last month, announcing his bid for the Republican nomination.
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