Woman, 78, Last Polio Survivor Living In Iron Lung, Passes Away After Machine Becomes Too Old To Repair

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“I’m pretty sure with our technology they could’ve built a new iron lung,” one commenter wrote.

Another added, “So we can go to the moon but couldn’t just make her a new iron lung?”

Some believed the issue was not technology but cost.

“It wasn’t too old to repair, it was more like too expensive,” one person commented.

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