Humble SLF with a question for cabin crew:
Diverting to Cairo for a medical emergency for that route will take some flight time, probably a few hours. Probably they made that choice because Cairo was the nearest field with good medical facilities, and the medical emergency was not so dire as to need immediate medical care. (Am i right in that presumption?)
At what point, if at all, would the decision be made to land at the nearest available airport as soon as possible, instead of diverting to the nearest airport with the best medical assistance? So, say, landing in Gabon or Togo instead of diverting to Malta or Cairo? Or will the flight always be taken to those fields instead of the nearest medical help?