Mane ida hela iha ‘Kanu besi boot laran’ durante tinan 70, sofre polio hanesan labarik ne’ebé lakona ona esperansa atu moris.
Paul Alexander paraliza iha kakorok tun ba isin lolon hafoin sofre virus iha tinan 1952. Nia hakotu iis ba dala ikus nian iha ospital ho moras Covid.
Bainhira sei otas idade 6, nia hakarak ba lalais uma no hetan isin manas makaas, halo ninia ruin no kanuruk sira sai moras hotu.
Ninia estadu saúde ladun diak no doutór ida halo tracheotomy ba nia hodi halakon engarafmentu (macet) iha ninia pulmaun hafoin sofre infesaun polio.
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Pulmaun besi maka funiona hanesan membran ajuda Alexander dada iis hafoin nia sofre polio hodi harahun ninia orgaun internál isin nian.
Nia hela deit ho silindru besi boot famozu ho naran “Kanu besi”, hanesna fatin ne’ebé nia uza iha ninia moris tomak ne’ebé taka ninia isin hotu só deit ninia ulun maka lae.
Nia públika mos ninia memoria sira Iha Abril 2020. Nia hanesan labrik barak ne’ebé sofre polio hodi hatama ba pulmaun besi duante polio ataka amerika iha 1950.
“Ha’u hatene, hau tenke halo buat hotu ba hua ninia moris, tenke halo maka estadu mental” Haktuir Paul ba media The Guardian iha tinan 2020.
Moras boot ataka Nova Yorke iha tinan 1916 oho ema liu 2.000 nudar epidemia boot neebe dokumenta iha amerika iha 1952hodi oho ema liu 3.000.
