Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song has been flown from Cameroon to France for further treatment after coming out of a two-day coma.
The 40-year-old was admitted to Yaounde Central Hospital on Sunday after falling unconscious.
On Tuesday he waved to the crowd outside the Yaounde Emergency Centre as he was taken away to the airport.
Yaounde Emergency Centre director Dr. Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok said Song had suffered a "cerebral hemorrhage".
Song's brother, Alexandre, has expressed gratitude to Cameroonians for their good wishes.
"At this moment my family is living difficult times. We are touched by the love and support of Cameroonians and elsewhere," he said.