A pregnant Australian mother who was rushed to hospital with an ear infection and later died may have caught the deadly pneumococcal disease from her unvaccinated child.
Imogen Petrak, 35, was 36 weeks pregnant when she suffered an ear infection that caused disastrous brain swelling.
Petrak had an emergency caesarean in an attempt to save herself and her newborn daughter Eleanore, who was four weeks premature, but the mother didn't survive.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Petrak's 17-month-old toddler was not vaccinated and was sick in the days leading up to her death.
![John Petrak has taken baby Eleanor home from Gold Coast University Hospital after the tragic loss of his wife. Photo / GoFundMe](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3POO56ZJUXAVLFGZEMICLZXWHU.jpg?auth=da5b00d86971021ed6ad1cec992d1c6679c68187ddb83a4ff0c660e08339ee4d&width=16&height=8&quality=70&smart=true)