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Former First Lady Goes for "Comfort Care" Rather than Additional Medical Treatment

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Barbara Bush, the wife of one U.S. president and mother to another, is gravely ill and is receiving "comfort care” after deciding to forgo further medical treatment. According to reports, she is suffering from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). VOA correspondent Mariama Diallo reports.