Former President Bush discharged after hip surgery

CHICAGO, Jan 7 (Reuters) Former President George H W Bush, 82, has been discharged from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota following surgery to replace his right hip, the clinic said on its Web site.

The brief statement issued late yesterday said the former president had returned home earlier in the day following his successful surgery.

Bush, a World War Two pilot who skydived to celebrate his 80th birthday in 2004, underwent surgery on Wednesday January 3.

The former president had his left hip replaced at the same hospital in 2000.

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