09/20/2026
👶 Healthcare Hero Spotlight: Martin Couney
He wasn't a doctor—but he saved thousands of lives.
In the early 1900s, Martin Couney championed a revolutionary (and controversial) idea: using incubators to care for premature babies. At a time when hospitals turned these infants away, Couney took an unconventional route—exhibiting incubators and preemies at world fairs and amusement parks to fund their care and prove their value.
Thanks to his advocacy, the once-ridiculed incubator became standard in neonatal care—changing the future for millions of newborns around the world.