The 41st president of the United States was put intensive care at a Texas hospital to battle a stubborn fever before Christmas. He first entered the hospital last month with a severe cough.
Former President George H.W. Bush In Intensive Care
![Former President George H. W. Bush looks up with his wife, Barbara and granddaughters Barbara, left, and Jenna as they walk through the Capitol Rotunda for George W. Bush's innauguration ceremony, January 20, 2005.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B9B3DF3C-EA23-463B-ACBE-44D04BD33BF0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former President George H. W. Bush looks up with his wife, Barbara and granddaughters Barbara, left, and Jenna as they walk through the Capitol Rotunda for George W. Bush's innauguration ceremony, January 20, 2005.
![Former Presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George H. W. Bush smile at each other on the podium at the Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 2006.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5B830CC4-7F1C-480A-A7F9-C7BDAE1F5B4F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former Presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George H. W. Bush smile at each other on the podium at the Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 2006.
![Then President George W. Bush casts over his father, former President George H. Bush, left, while fishing near Kennebunk, Maine, June 29, 2007.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9AEC0387-F612-4CC1-8A47-C724C8C83759_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Then President George W. Bush casts over his father, former President George H. Bush, left, while fishing near Kennebunk, Maine, June 29, 2007.
![Then-President George W. Bush poses with President-elect Barack Obama, and former presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, January 7, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1BCFA61A-8243-4B73-9B01-C7DD54C3679F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Then-President George W. Bush poses with President-elect Barack Obama, and former presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, January 7, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House.