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

McVey attributes her sister's death to the effects of long-haul COVID-19. 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 ...
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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies

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 US polio patient who used the machine, her sister said.
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Martha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies at 78 in Oklahoma

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 ...
The Guardian

Martha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78

Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe The last known US person living with polio and relying on an iron lung has died ...
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Last US polio patient using an iron lung to survive dies in Oklahoma

The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Martha Lillard, who spent much of her life dependent on ...
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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78

Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs. As a child, she went to grade school for two hours a day and was ...
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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

In this photo provided by Cindy McVey, her sister Martha Lillard rests in her iron lung on Friday, February 6, 2026 in Shawnee, Okla. (Cindy McVey via AP) (Cindy Mcvey) Martha Lillard had just turned ...
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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 ...
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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by Cindy McVey, her sister, Martha Lillard, rests in her iron lung in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Friday, ...