Support of interplast Germany e.V. for its mission at Lamu Hospital, Uganda

Interplast sees its mission as helping patients with congenital or acquired defects through plastic surgery in developing countries, as well as helping to significantly improve their quality of life through accompanying humanitarian and charitable social measures.

The members of the surgical teams are specialists who are specifically deployed where sophisticated care is not yet available. They volunteer their services pro bono, usually during their vacation time. In many missions around the world, they have helped countless severely disfigured children through plastic surgery. By providing on-site assistance, local doctors gain knowledge that will enable them to solve some problems themselves in the future.

Patients with deformities and severe burn injuries are primarily treated. Teams from interplast travel to Jinja, Uganda, approximately three to four times a year to operate at Lamu Hospital for two weeks, as well as to involve and train local physicians.

The Florian Lex Foundation supports interplast specifically for its missions at Lamu Hospital. June 2025 we have been in Uganda with an interplast team.