B767 CREW RPTS MEDICAL EMER ON FLT AND SUBSEQUENT DIVERSION.

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WE HAD TO DIVERT ON A FLT FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ2. A PAX COLLAPSED. FLT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED ME IMMEDIATELY WHICH GAVE ME SOME TIME TO ORGANIZE A DIVERSION IF WE DECIDED IT WAS NECESSARY. WE WERE 80 MI W OF ZZZ3. 2 DOCTORS RESPONDED AND RPTED THAT THE PAX WAS IN MEDICAL DISTRESS AND NEEDED TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE THAN WE HAD ON THE ACFT. THE PAX WAS A 71 YR OLD MAN AND WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. I HAD TALKED TO ZZZ3 OPS TELLING THEM OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A DIVERSION. WHEN WE DECIDED TO DIVERT (130 MI W OF ZZZ3) WE HAD PULLED UP THE WX AND THE ATIS AND THE CHARTS FOR ZZZ3. CTLR GAVE US IMMEDIATE VECTORS FOR THE ARR IN ZZZ3 AFTER WE HAD DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER. I CALLED FOR THE RELIEF PLT TO COME TO THE COCKPIT. HE HANDLED ALL COMS BTWN THE STATION AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND US. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE BOTH SATCOMS; BUT GOT BUSY SIGNALS WITH EACH ONE EVEN WHEN USING HIGHER PRIORITIES FOR THE CALLS. HANDLING FROM THE CTLRS WAS VERY EXPEDITIOUS; INCLUDING GIVING US THE REQUESTED RWY; WITH 1 EXCEPTION -- A 20 MI FINAL. GND CTL ALLOWED US TO CLR THE RWY AND GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE HARD STAND. STATION PERSONNEL AND PARAMEDICS WERE WAITING. ALL IN ALL; IT WAS VERY GOOD SVC FROM CTLRS AND STATION PERSONNEL. ONLY WHEN ON THE GND DID WE GET A SATCOM CONNECTION WITH DISPATCH. AT THAT POINT THE STATION PARAMEDICS THOUGHT THAT THE MAN HAD SUFFERED A STROKE. LATER DISPATCH WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT THE MAN HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN TOO MANY SLEEPING PILLS. NEITHER HE NOR HIS FAMILY SPOKE ENGLISH. I DON'T THINK; UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES; THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET THE MEDICATIONS INFO. AND EVEN IF HIS PROB WAS SELF-INFLICTED; HE WAS STILL IN CONSIDERABLE DISTRESS; AND I BELIEVE THE DIVERT WAS WARRANTED. THE LNDG WAS OVERWT; TOUCHDOWN NORMAL -- IN FACT; PROBABLY THE SMOOTHEST I MADE ALL MONTH. WHILE IT WAS THE FO'S LEG; I DECIDED TO MAKE THE LNDG BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMER. I DID NOT ELECT TO DUMP FUEL; AND SINCE THE WT WAS JUST UNDER 360000 LBS; I USED 25 DEG FLAPS. I USED SOMEWHAT HVY BRAKING TO MAKE THE CLOSEST TURNOFF. WHEN THE CHOCKS WERE IN PLACE; I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKES. THE CFR CREW HAD A LASER TEMP READER; AND GAVE US TEMPS FOR EACH WHEEL. OVERWT LNDG INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED.