Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
- Posted on July 11, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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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 last month in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio