Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, attached to M R Medical College run by Hyderabad-Karnataka Education Society (HKES), has achieved a milestone by performing the first revision total hip replacement surgery in Hyderabad-Karnataka region. 

In the surgical procedure, an artificial hip, which was implanted in the body of a 58-year-old farmer around six years ago through hemiarthroplasty procedure, was completely removed and replaced on July 22. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Talking to the press persons here today Basavaraj Bheemalli, HKES President said that the complex surgery was performed at a minimal cost of Rs 97,000. The surgery costs upwards of Rs 4.5 lakh in other parts of the country. Of the Rs 97,000, the state government would bear Rs 35,000, as the patient was a Yeshasvini card holder. Alok C Patil, Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic Surgeon, who performed the surgery, said that Mahadevappa, an economically poor farmer from Umergi village, Afzalpur taluk in Kalaburagi district, had consulted various hospitals in Solapur, Miraj and Bengaluru. He did not undergo suggested surgery due to the prohibitive cost. "We were able to mobilise our resources and perform the surgery at minimal cost. We charged only for implants and have not included any other charges, such as doctors’ and nursing fee, hospital charges and operation theatre charges,' he pointed out.