PLT RPT; B757; ORD-MEX. TERMINALLY ILL WOMAN BOARDED WITH OLDER DAUGHTER. COLLAPSED AFTER LNDG. PRONOUNCED DEAD BY DOCTOR AND NURSE; PARAMEDICS.

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AT APPROX XA51 CST -- A FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE COCKPIT TO INFORM ME THAT A PAX WHO HAD BEEN BOARDED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. I ASKED IF THE SIT WAS DEEMED AN EMER; AND WAS TOLD; NOT AT THIS TIME. OUR APPROX POS WAS IN THE VICINITY OF CVM. I ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANT TO KEEP ME INFORMED AND SHE LEFT THE FLT DECK. AT THIS POINT I DETERMINED THAT; IF NEEDED; THE MOST EXPEDIENT MEDICAL ATTN WOULD BE THROUGH FACILITIES AT MEX. A SHORT WHILE LATER; THE FLT ATTENDANT RETURNED AND SAID THE PAX; MS X; WAS LAYING DOWN; SEEMED TO BE DOING BETTER AND HAD DECLINED OUR OFFER TO HAVE PARAMEDICS MEET THE ACFT AT ARR. AT THIS POINT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MS X; WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH HER MIDDLE-AGED DAUGHTER; WAS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL CANCER; AND WOULD BE MET AT MEX BY HER FAMILY WHO WOULD THEN ESCORT HER TO THE HOSPITAL. THE FLT PROCEEDED NORMALLY TO MEX. AIRLINE PERSONNEL HAD BEEN ALERTED TO HAVE A WHEELCHAIR IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND SOMEONE TO PERSONALLY ESCORT HER THROUGH MEXICAN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS. DEPLANING PROCEEDED NORMALLY UNTIL HER DAUGHTER SAID 'SHE NEEDED ASSISTANCE FROM A FLT ATTENDANT.' SHE TOOK A STEP OR TWO; COLLAPSED AND PASSED OUT. PARAMEDICS WERE IMMEDIATELY CALLED. DEPLANING PROCEEDED NORMALLY. PARAMEDICS ARRIVED APPROX 12-15 MINS LATER AND BEGAN LIFE SAVING PROCS ON MS X. SHE DID NOT RESPOND; AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY DOCTOR. HE WAS ASSISTED IN HIS EFFORTS BY NURSE. PARAMEDIC COVERED THE BODY WITH A BLANKET AND LEFT THE ACFT. AIRLINE PERSONNEL NOTIFIED MEXICAN AUTHS FOR DISPOSITION OF THE BODY. ABOUT 45 MINS LATER; 15 ARMED POLICE ARRIVED; ESCORTING OFFICIALS FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC MINISTRY; CORONER AND PARAMEDICS. AFTER ASKING A FEW CURSORY QUESTIONS; SUCH AS WHO ALLOWED THIS WOMAN TO TRAVEL; THEY ORDERED PARAMEDICS TO REMOVE THE BODY. ONCE THIS WAS DONE; THE AIRPLANE WAS CLRED AND THE CREW WAS ALLOWED TO PROCEED THROUGH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS.