A new neurosurgical theater at Mulango National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, is offering free surgery to patients with brain ailments, according to the news source All Africa. The new theater is an addition to five other theaters the institution has been using.

“My heart is very glad with the service delivery here, despite so many challenges in the health sector,” says Uganda Minister of Health Christine Ondoa, MD.

Mulango National Referral Hospital has teamed up with physicians from Duke University in Durham, N.C., to treat select patients at no cost in said neurosurgical theaters. Of the 50-60 patients who visit the neurosurgery unit at the hospital on a daily basis, at least half require surgery.

Micheal Muhumuza, MD, a consultant neurosurgeon, says that with one operation taking seven to eight hours, the team could only operate on an average of three patients per day.

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