--- description: Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved out of the intensive-care unit title: Former President George H.W. Bush Moved Out of ICU image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5af4e9c066f4291/6988b6e9e20a873f8ba93dcc/gerge-h-w-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Presidents](/tag/presidents/) ## Presidents Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former President George H.W. Bush Moved Out of ICU by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 24, 2017 12:17 AM CUT  Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are pictured in Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston on Jan. 23, 2017. Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are pictured in Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston on Jan. 23, 2017.Jim McGrath—Reuters by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 24, 2017 12:17 AM CUT Former President[ George H.W. Bush](http://time.com/4640404/george-bush-president-hospital/ "undefined") has been moved out of the intensive-care unit, and his wife Barbara Bush has been discharged from the hospital, doctors treating the couple said on Monday. The 41st President had been in the ICU since Wednesday and was relying on a ventilator to breathe, the [Associated Press reported](http://time.com/4640404/george-bush-president-hospital/ "undefined"). The tube was removed Friday, doctors said. Bush, 92, was treated for pneumonia throughout the course of his stay. The former First Lady was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday for bronchitis. Barbara Bush, 91, said she was feeling “1,000 percent better” on Thursday. The couple released a photo on Twitter through their post–White House spokesman, Jim McGrath, to thank their supporters for good wishes. > [](https://twitter.com/jgm41/status/823639971378569216) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4644550/george-hw-bush-president-icu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4644550/george-hw-bush-president-icu/"},"headline":"Former President George H.W. Bush Moved Out of ICU","datePublished":"2017-01-24T00:17:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:54:17.882Z","description":"Former First Lady Barbara Bush has been discharged from the hospital","url":"https://time.com/4644550/george-hw-bush-president-icu/","keywords":["Presidents","People","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5af4e9c066f4291/6988b6e9e20a873f8ba93dcc/gerge-h-w-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5af4e9c066f4291/6988b6e9e20a873f8ba93dcc/gerge-h-w-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are pictured in Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston in this handout photo","caption":"Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are pictured in Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, U.S. in this January 23, 2017 handout photo. Jim McGrath via Twitter/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED","creditText":"Jim McGrath—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/presidents/","name":"Presidents"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4644550/george-hw-bush-president-icu/","name":"Former President George H.W. Bush Moved Out of ICU"}}]}] ```