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

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Martha Lillard, the last known US polio patient using an iron lung, has died in Oklahoma at the age of 78. The circumstances of her death are somewhat unclear, with one report suggesting that the iron lung had started to break down and could not be repaired. Lillard's passing marks the end of an era for iron lung use in the US, although the risk of polio itself is not eliminated.

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