Nagpur Judge rushes lawyer to hospital after latter collapses in court

A city civil judge in Nagpur rushed a lawyer to hospital on August 17 after the latter collapsed inside the court room while waiting for his case to be heard. .However, the swift actions of the judge went in vain as the lawyer's life could not be saved. Advocate Talat Iqbal Qureshi (65) was waiting for his case to be heard in Nagpur’s District Court on Saturday when he suddenly collapsed. Judge SB Pawar, who was presiding over another case, immediately left the dais to assist.After Qureshi collapsed, another lawyer quickly contacted advocate Nitin Deshmukh, former secretary of the District Bar Association of Nagpur, requesting medical help. Deshmukh recalled, "Judge Pawar got down from the dais, and along with others and tried giving CPR; however, there was no response." By the time Deshmukh arrived at the scene, Qureshi was still unresponsive. Realizing the urgency, they decided to transport him to Shanti Mohan Hospital located behind the District Court..Judge Pawar, accompanied by Deshmukh, personally drove Qureshi to the hospital. During the drive, Deshmukh called former bar association president advocate Kamal Satuja to arrange for stretcher and other necessities. "As soon as we reached, he was taken to the ICU but was declared brought dead," Deshmukh said. By the time they arrived at the hospital, Qureshi was without pulse..A review of Qureshi's medical records later revealed that he had been feeling unwell for a few days. "Apparently, he was consuming ENO because he was under the impression that he had something like acidity," Deshmukh said. Just two days before his death, a doctor had advised him to undergo an ECG, but Qureshi had not followed through.Qureshi, a father of two married daughters, was buried the same day in a Muslim cemetery in Kamptee. His sudden death has left the legal community in Nagpur deeply saddened. Satuja commented, "Despite the advice of the doctor, he was a little reluctant or careless and this was the repercussion."Satuja highlighted the lack of medical infrastructure in local courts and added that an in-house ambulance could have potentially saved his life.