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His dudeness
So YOU do know when the Captain was notified and what exactly he was told ? Granted IF the father right away would have told cabin crew "she will die within
minutes" on the onset of her problems, and this info would have gotten to the cockpit crew right away, then it would have been a poor decision. But we donīt know that (yet). Given the self treatment first and the fact that a MD was on board will have had an impact on the decision making at the point WHEN the cockpit was informed.
Hindsight is 20/20
Few people would be able to state that "she will die within minutes", and this is not the point. Having had to take the decision to divert for medical reasons a few times myself, this has nothing to do with hindsight. Having a MD on board is good, but they do not decide weather to divert or continue. Their advice is very valuable, but just because a MD (or someone claiming to be MD(?)) say it is safe to continue, doesn't mean you as Cpt should blindly follow that advise. Any doubt = divert.
If the CC hasn't told the flight deck at all about the situation, then they (CC) have failed to do their job, however it would be a very bad day for none of the 4+ crew to think about informing the pilots.
When a pilot is informed about someone going unconscious with an allergic reaction, then it won't take a lot of life experience to work out this is a potential deathly situation = get on the ground asap.