Just a day after burying his wife Barbara, who died at age 92, former President George H.W. Bush, 93, has been hospitalised after an infection he contracted spread to his blood.    

Spokesman to the former president Jim McGrath said Bush was admitted to the hospital on Sunday. “He is responding to treatments and appears to be recovering. We will issue additional updates as events warrant.’’  

Bush, 94 in a few months, was hospitalised last April for two weeks due to a “mild case of pneumonia.” Earlier in 2017 he was hospitalized for 16 days, also to be treated for pneumonia. He was temporarily placed on a ventilator and was treated in the intensive care unit.    

The 41st president uses a wheelchair and an electric scooter for mobility after developing a form of Parkinson’s disease, and he has needed hospital treatment several times in recent years for respiratory problems.