Canada Global(Web News) Paul Alexander, an American citizen who survived for 72 years on an iron lung after being paralyzed by polio at the age of six, has died.
Paul Alexander, from Dallas, Texas, was 6 years old when he contracted polio, which left him paralyzed from the neck down and required him to breathe through a machine.
He was kept in a submarine-like cylinder and his life was limited to that, but despite this he completed his education and after obtaining his law degree, worked in the same field and also wrote a book.
His brother Philip Alexander said on Facebook on Wednesday that it is with a heavy heart that we have to share that my brother passed away last night
Christopher Ulmer, who also ran a fundraising campaign for Paul Alexander. Death confirmed.
Christopher said that Paul Alexander’s story went far and wide and had a positive impact on people around the world and he was a role model who will be remembered for years to come.
Earlier, it was reported on Paul Alejandro’s TikTok account that he was taken to the hospital after contracting Covid.
He was kept alive after being disabled on an iron lung where the lungs were connected to a pump in a chamber and the patient’s lungs were reduced to work by increasing the pressure inside.
This technology was invented in the 1920s, but after the invention of the polio vaccine by Jonas Salk, its use declined and after the vaccine became common in 1955, the technology was almost abandoned.
Alexander holds the world record for living the longest on an artificial and iron lung.
