BBC News July 14, 2026 • 02:20

Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive - Yahoo News Canada

By Ana Faguy

Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive - Yahoo News Canada

The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine speaks to the BBC about her sister's life.

Martha Lillard was the last polio patient in the US who used an iron lung but her family told the BBC she never let it slow her down.
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