B737-700 CREW WAS ADVISED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT; BY AN ONBOARD MEDICAL DOCTOR PAX; BECAUSE OF A PAX IN CONVULSIONS.

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FLT WAS AT CRUISE ALT TO SMF. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL WHEN I RECEIVED 4 CHIMES ON THE CREW INTERCOM SYS. UPON ANSWERING; MY A FLT ATTENDANT INDICATED THAT WE HAD A PAX ONBOARD; WHO WAS HAVING A SEIZURE. WE CONTACTED ATC AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SIT; AND WE NEEDED PRIORITY HANDLING INTO SMF. WE THEN CONTACTED COMMERCIAL RADIO; AND WAS PATCHED THROUGH TO MEDICAL DISPATCHERS. THEY WERE THEN PATCHED TO THE FLT ATTENDANTS. AT THIS TIME; I WAS INFORMED BY MY ATTENDANTS THAT A DOCTOR WAS ONBOARD AND WAS ASSISTING. MOMENTS LATER; THE A FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND STATED THAT THE PAX HAD ANOTHER SEIZURE; WAS FROTHING AT THE MOUTH WITH SOME BLOOD APPARENT; AND THAT WE SHOULD LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE DOCTOR WAS ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGE OF PLANS. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MEDICAL DISPATCH THAT OUR DEST MIGHT BE CHANGING; BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. MY FO CHKED THE CDU FOR DISTANCES AND SJC WAS 80 MI CLOSER THAN SMF. WE INFORMED ATC; AND USING MY EMER AUTH AS THE CAPT OF THE PLANE; WE DIVERTED TO SJC. I CONTACTED SJC OPS AND ASKED THAT EMS BE READY ON ARR. WE LANDED 20 MINS LATER; AND ON ARR; EMS BOARDED THE ACFT AND TOOK THE PAX FROM THE ACFT. A CAPT FROM THE SAN JOSE FIRE DEPT INFORMED ME THAT THE PAX WOULD PROBABLY BE TAKEN TO XYZ MEDICAL HOSPITAL. I CONTACTED DISPATCH AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE SIT. A NEW RELEASE WAS ISSUED; PAPERWORK ACCOMPLISHED; FUEL RECEIVED; AND WE PROCEEDED TO SMF UNEVENTFULLY. MY RPT OF IRREGULARITY HAS ATTACHED TO IT A NOTE FROM THE DOCTOR INDICATING THE NEED TO LAND ASAP. I WOULD ALSO STATE THAT AT THE TIME OF DIVERT; THE FLT CREW WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MEDICAL DISPATCH AND THE DOCTOR ASSISTING WERE IN AGREEMENT TO DIVERT. I TRIED TO TALK TO MEDICAL DISPATCHER; BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. NEEDING BOTH RADIOS FOR COM AND COORD; I DID WHAT THE DOCTOR INSTRUCTED; WHICH WAS TO LAND ASAP.