Unterstützung des Lamu Hospital for Reconstructive and Global Surgery, Uganda

Lamu Hospital was founded in 2022 by the renowned physician Jan Wynands, a plastic surgeon from Bonn, Germany. This clinic in Jinja, Uganda, focuses on surgical services with an emphasis on reconstructive surgery.

Beyond its surgical work, the hospital serves as a training center for medical professionals from Uganda and its neighboring countries. For example, interplast eV travels to Jinja three to four times a year to perform surgeries for two weeks, as well as to involve and train local doctors.

The general operating theater is complete and operational, and a seminar building is nearing completion. Construction of a burns operating theater is about to begin, where almost exclusively patients with burns, scalds, and acid injuries will be treated. The Florian Lex Foundation is involved with Lamu Hospital, working closely with Jan Wynands and his association ANDO eV.

Our foundation has already covered the costs of building planning and donated medical equipment for treating burn patients. In June 2025, we traveled to Uganda with a team from Interplast to observe the development and progress on the ground. The following areas are among those we plan to support:

• Provide access for needy, indigent burn patients without health insurance;
• Further training and qualification of local doctors;
• Optimize medical equipment for burn treatments.

We rely on donations to continue our work in Jinja.