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The Guardian - UK
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Andy Hunter

Ian Rush returns home from hospital after spell in intensive care with flu

Ian Rush’s mural near Anfield
Ian Rush, shown here on a mural near Anfield, has been released from hospital after a two-day stay in intensive care. Photograph: Jon Super/AP

Ian Rush has been released from hospital having spent two days in intensive care last week with flu.

The former Liverpool and Wales striker was admitted to the Countess of Chester hospital with breathing difficulties and taken into intensive care. He responded to treatment and was able to go home on Monday, and is understood to be recovering well.

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