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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma
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What happenedMartha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.
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Left / center-leftMartha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
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Right / center-rightLast American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis
Last American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis
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Martha Lillard contracted polio at age five and relied on an iron lung to breathe, but COVID-19 left her dependent on the machine nearly 24 hours a day.
