Marta Lillard, a 78-year-old American woman who lived for 73 years… (аппарат · лёгкий · железный)
Marta Lillard, a 78-year-old American woman who lived for 73 years with an iron lung due to polio contracted in 1953, passed away on June 26. She was the last patient in the United States using this device, which had become increasingly difficult to maintain and support.
Consensus
- Marta Lillard died at age 78.
- She lived with a polio-induced condition for 73 years.
- She used an iron lung apparatus throughout her life.
- She was the last patient in the United States using an iron lung.
- The iron lung was initially used 23 hours per day, later reduced to nighttime use only.
- In her final months, she required continuous use of the device.
- Replacement parts for the old apparatus were hard to find.
- Few specialists remained who understood how to operate the device.
Points of divergence
- Lillard was removed from the iron lung in her final days and died outside of it, achieving 'eternal rest' without the machine for the first time in 73 years. — vm
- The article mentions a separate event about a Russian woman dying from heat stroke in Seville, which is unrelated to Lillard's case. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Last patient with 'iron lung' dies in the US — Вечерняя Москва
- American woman who lived for 73 years in an 'iron lung' has died — Вести