A B757-200 ENRTE TO MIA DIVERTS TO KINGSTON AND PERFORMS AN OVERWT LNDG DUE TO A PAX MEDICAL EMER.

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ENRTE FROM CLO TO MIA FIRST CLASS PAX BECAME ILL. THE PAX WAS TRAVELING WITH HER HUSBAND AND 2 CHILDREN IN ROW X. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT SHE HAD VOMITED AND THE HUSBAND INDICATED THAT SHE HAD A HISTORY OF A HEART CONDITION. A NURSE AND AN EMT WERE FOUND ONBOARD TO ASSIST MS X. I WENT BACK TO TALK TO THE EMT AND MR X. I TOLD THE EMT THAT WE WOULD BE IN MIA IN ABOUT 1 1/2 HRS OR WE COULD BE IN KIN IN ABOUT 20 MINS. THE EMT FELT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO DIVERT TO KIN FOR MEDICAL HELP. I ASKED THE HUSBAND WHAT HE WANTED AND HE ALSO FELT THAT GOING TO KIN WOULD BE BEST. SO; WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH MKJK CTL AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO MYL VOR. WE LANDED 3000 LBS OVERWT WITH A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN. AN AMBULANCE WAS WAITING FOR US UPON ARR TO TRANSPORT MS X TO THE HOSPITAL IN KINGSTON. ON THE GND IN KIN I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE EMT AGAIN. SHE SAID THAT THE ONBOARD HEAR DEFIBRILLATOR WAS NEVER NEEDED BUT THEY HAD IT STANDING BY. I LATER LEARNED THAT MS X DID HAVE A HEART ATTACK EITHER AT THE HOSPITAL OR ON THE WAY THERE SO THE DIVERT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION AND MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE. IN KIN WE REFILED; REFUELED AND HAD MAINT SIGN OFF THE LOGBOOK FOR THE OVERWT LNDG. WE DEPARTED KIN ABOUT 1 HR AFTER LNDG. UPON ARR IN MIA WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM DISPATCH INFORMING US THAT MS X HAD LEFT A CARRY-ON BAG ABOARD WITH $5000 CASH. WE CALLED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND ASKED HIM TO LOOK FOR THE BAG; SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THE MONEY. THE BAG WAS BROUGHT TO THE COCKPIT AND AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE A PAX SVC AGENT MET US TO ESCORT THE BAG THROUGH CUSTOMS. IN THE PRESENCE OF AGENT; THE COPLT AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE BAG FOR THE MONEY. WE FOUND A LARGE WAD OF BILLS BUT DIDN'T COUNT IT. AGENT TOOK THE BAG BUT RETURNED ABOUT 10 MINS LATER WITH SOME ARPT POLICE SAYING THAT THERE WAS ONLY $900 CASH. I ASKED HER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT SHE NEEDED FROM US AND SHE SAID NO. IN SUMMARY; I FEEL THAT THE DECISION TO DIVERT TO KIN WAS THE ONLY CHOICE WE HAD AND AS FOR THE MISSING $4100; I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS ANY THEFT INVOLVED BUT PROBABLY SOME CONFUSION AS TO THE AMOUNT.