Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song has come out of a two-day coma and will be flown to France for treatment.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old was admitted to Yaounde Central Hospital on Sunday after falling unconscious.<\/p>\n
“He has come out of his coma and the oxygen has been disconnected,” Dr Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok, director of the hospital’s emergency centre confirmed.<\/p>\n
“His high blood pressure has returned to normal and the cerebral haemorrhage has been controlled.”<\/p>\n
Dr Mafok also explained that a plane will be arriving from France to transfer Song on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“A medical aircraft will be in Cameroon in (Tuesday) he morning, we will have a working session with the French team and then he will be flown to France,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Song played 137 times for his country and had spells with English clubs Liverpool and West Ham.<\/p>\n
He has been working as a coach for Cameroon’s football federation following his departure as Chad coach.<\/p>\n
Former Cameroon team-mate Samuel Eto’o tweeted in French:<\/i> “I wish you courage and a speedy recovery big brother.”<\/p>\n
Ex-Liverpool players Jamie Carragher, Stan Collymore and Robbie Fowler have also sent messages of support, while the Anfield club tweeted:<\/i> “Our thoughts are with Rigobert Song and his family at this time.”<\/p>\n
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