Martha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies at 78

Martha Lillard, the last known US polio patient who relied on an iron lung for breathing, has died at the age of 78 in Oklahoma.

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Martha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies at 78

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Posts report the factual news of Martha Lillard's death, highlighting her long-term reliance on an iron lung due to childhood polio and her status as the last known US patient using the device.

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Martha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies at 78

Martha Lillard, the last known US polio patient who relied on an iron lung for breathing, has died at the age of 78 in Oklahoma.

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