Balaparameswara Rao ran free clinics at the St Theresa's Hospital, Hyderabad, from 1983 to 2008. In 2016, he participated in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the neurosurgery department of KGH/AMC, which he had established in 1956. Along with his wife, Nagaratnam he was honoured at the Andhra Pradesh Neuro Scientists Association (APNSA) meet in Nellore in 2017 on their 63rd wedding anniversary. He actively practiced Neurosurgery even at the age of 90 years. He died on 22 March 2019.
