Former US President George H W Bush has been transferred from intensive care and could be released from the hospital Friday or over the weekend, doctors said today. His wife and former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from the hospital, Bush physicians Amy Mynderse and Clint Doerr said.<br/>'<br/>The former first couple was admitted to Houston Methodist hospital on Wednesday. The 41st president, who is 92, was suffering from bacterial pneumonia, while Barbara Bush, 91, had viral bronchitis, doctors said.'<br/><br/>The elder Bushes were the only former White House residents who did not attend Friday's inauguration of Donald Trump because of their declining health. The couple watched the ceremony from the hospital.<br/><br/>Another former president, their son George W. Bush, was on the stand Friday in Washington. <br/>