'The patient is ecstatic with the results.’ Mr Murandu is undertaking a trial at three West Midlands hospitals - Moseley Hall, the QE Hospital and Manor Hospital in Walsall - into using the sugar paste.
It is amazing that something as simple as sugar has given him a morale boost - the psychological benefit is up there with the physical benefits. ‘But the sugar has given something to hold on to. He could see the cavity in his leg as well as having been unwell and through operations. Staff Nurse Jonathan Janneman said: ‘One of the main benefits has been the morale of the patient. 'I was a little sceptical at first but once I saw the sugar in operation and how much it was drawing the wound out, I was impressed.’ I feel that it has speeded up my recovery a lot, and it has been a positive step forward. "When I was a child my father used to treat my cuts with sugar, so I was to surprised to find that didn't exist here in the UK.' Mr Murandu, 47, said: 'I'm so pleased with the results and the reaction my treatment is receiving. So far 35 patients have successfully received the treatment, with no adverse effects reported. Mr Murandu is now halfway through his randomised control trial at three West Midlands hospitals - Moseley Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Manor Hospital in Walsall. 'It's three weeks later and the wound has really come together.'
Mr Bayliss, 62, said: ' It has made me feel so much better and I'm not in pain anymore. Now the electrical engineer is on the road to recovery at the Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham. He said it works by drawing water away from the wound, as water is needed for bacteria to multiply. Moses Murandu applied a whole pot of sugar at first, but was down to five teaspoons two weeks later. Nurses contacted Mr Murandu and Mr Bayliss was given the sugar treatment and within two weeks the wound had drastically reduced in size. He underwent an above the knee amputation on his right leg due to an ulcer at the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital Birmingham in January 2013, and as part of the surgery a vein was removed from his left leg.įor his post-surgery rehabilitation, Mr Bayliss was moved to Moseley Hall Hospital where standard dressings were used but the left leg cavity wound was not healing effectively. One of the patients receiving treatment as part of the research is Alan Bayliss, from Birmingham, who was being treated at Moseley Hall Hospital’s amputee rehabilitation ward.
When Mr Murandu moved to the UK he realised that sugar was not recognised as a traditional medicine that had something to offer. Sugar draws water from the wound into a dressing - bacteria needs water to survive - which allows accelerates the healing process, or kick starts it where progress has stalled. The study is headed by Moses Murandu, a senior lecturer in adult nursing at Wolverhampton University, who grew up in Zimbabwe where his father used sugar to heal wounds and reduce pain when he was a child. The traditional remedy was suggested by Moses Murandu (left) for treating Alan Bayliss (right) According to the study, sugar draws water from the wound into a dressing accelerating the healing process.