Originally Posted by
Council Van
At my airline we will contact an outfit called medilink in the USA and give them conditions of your ilness, questions and details are written on a form we carry. A doctor will consider ttt evidence and decide if the condition is serious enough to warrant diversion. Apparently they have saved the company tens of thousands by allowing flighrs to continue when in the past the Captain might have chosen to divert.
I think EK uses that service too, there is a handset on the galley wall near the ML2 door on their A380s that has a "medlink" sticker on it.