CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; AUA-MIA. BOY HAD SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN. PAX RN MONITORED; DECISION TO RETURN TO AUA FOR MEDICAL ATTN.

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WE BEGAN THE BEVERAGE SVC IN FIRST CLASS; WHEN I WAS INFORMED OF A CHILD WITH SEVERE ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT. A PA WAS MADE REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF A VOLUNTEER MD; DO; RN; LPN OR EMT. AN RN RESPONDED. FROM WHAT THE RN SAID; THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO AUA; SO THAT THE BOY COULD GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM ARUBA AND HAD LEVELED OFF; WHEN A WOMAN FLAGGED THE RPTR DOWN TO HELP HER BOY. AFTER THE NURSE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GET MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO ARUBA; A DOCTOR (MD) IDENTED HIMSELF AND SAID THAT THE BOY'S ABDOMINAL PAIN WAS 'BENIGN;' AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RETURN TO ARUBA. THE RPTR ASKED WHY HE HADN'T IDENTED HIMSELF EARLIER; AND HE REPLIED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED. FROM THE RPTR'S EXPERIENCE; MOST ESTABLISHED DOCTORS DON'T IDENT THEMSELVES IN A CASE OF A MEDICAL EMER. IT IS ONLY THE YOUNGER; LESS ESTABLISHED DOCTORS WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP. THE BOY AND HIS MOTHER WENT TO A LCL HOSPITAL AFTER THEY LANDED. THE RPTR DOESN'T KNOW THE OUTCOME.