Oz woman dies after using iron lung for 60 years.

Oz woman dies after using iron lung for 60 years
November 1 2009 | Times of India Bangalore

An Australian who spent a record-breaking 60 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio died on Saturday in a Melbourne nursing home, aged 83. June Middleton was paralysed when she entered the respiratory chamber in 1949, aged 23, and doctors gave her a slim chance of survival. Middletons was permitted limited weekly outings free of the lung with the use of a portable chest respirator, and an automated page turner meant she could still read while being confined.