AN OVERWT LNDG IS MADE DUE TO A DIVERSION FOR A MEDICAL EMER.

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FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT AND INDICATED THAT A PAX WAS HAVING CHEST PAINS. SHE INFORMED US THAT T PHYSICIAN WAS ATTENDING TO HIM; AND THAT ONCE THEY EVALUATED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SIT; THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US. WE INFORMED THEM THAT WE WOULD BE HEADING OFF COAST WITHIN 30 MINS; SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE CONTACTED DISPATCH; AND HAD THEM STAND BY WITH THE PHYSICIAN ON CALL IF NEEDED. IT WAS SHORTLY THEREAFTER THAT WE HEARD BACK FROM THE FLT ATTENDANTS THAT THE PHYSICIAN ATTENDING TO THE PATIENT IN BACK RECOMMENDED THAT WE LAND RATHER THAN CONTINUE ON TO CANCUN. WE DECIDED THAT NEW ORLEANS WAS THE CLOSEST; SUITABLE ARPT -- DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER AND DIVERTED TO MSY. WE LANDED WITHIN ABOUT 12 MINS; AND THE PAX WAS MET BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT THE GATE AND TAKEN OFF THE ACFT. IT WAS NEVER DETERMINED TO MY KNOWLEDGE IF HE IN FACT HAD A HEART ATTACK OR NOT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 583220: HAD TO DO AN OVERWT LNDG. IT WAS SOFT LNDG. HAD ACFT INSPECTED BY MAINT. EVERYTHING NORMAL; AND CONTINUED ON.