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Title: Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Post by: wayne on July 11, 2026, 07:00:39 AM

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was?
Source: Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/martha-lillard-last-us-polio-patient-using-iron-lung-dies-at-78-in-oklahoma/article_d83eced2-1631-597f-8016-f1a08c10af45.html)