CAIRO — Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, wearing a white shirt and loafers while flashing a smile, was released from prison today and taken to a military hospital in a Cairo suburb where he will be held under house arrest.

Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi had ordered that Mubarak be put under house arrest as part of the emergency measures imposed this month after a wave of violence sparked by the ouster of Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, who had succeeded Mubarak as Egypt’s first freely elected President.

Footage on private TV stations showed the helicopter carrying the 85-year-old Mubarak landing at the pad outside the military hospital, which sits on the banks of the Nile. He was immediately taken to an ambulance and moved across the street to the hospital.

Mubarak was on a gurney being transported onto an ambulance amid tight security. He was wearing sunglasses and dressed in a white shirt, beige pants and white loafers. He flashed a smile and held his arms behind his head while medics pushed his gurney into the ambulance.

As the ambulance drove across the street and into the main gate of the military hospital, guards, some with their handguns drawn.

Today’s move followed a court decision ordering Mubarak’s release in relation to charges of receiving gifts from a state-owned newspaper.