Pregnant Brazilian news anchor Elaine da Silva dies aged 38 along with her unborn child after being rushed to hospital suffering from pneumonia
- Elaine da Silva and the baby she was carrying died Tuesday at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil
- Da Silva had breathing problems on Monday and was admitted and diagnosed with pneumonia
- The 38-year-old is survived by her husband and one-year-old son; she was employed by the Catholic television network Cançao Nova for 15 years
Pregnant Brazilian journalist Elaine da Silva and her baby died on Tuesday after a battle with pneumonia.
The 38-year-old was 23 weeks pregnant and was hospitalized in São Paulo on Monday morning due to breathing problems, according to her employer, Catholic television channel Cançao Nova.
Da Silva is survived by her husband, Fernando Carvalho, and one-year-old son, Leo.
“She always had a smile to offer. She loved life, her family, Our Lady of Aparecida, nature and animals,” network colleague Reinaldo César told the online news magazine Revista Quem. ‘She had a passion for journalism. She always brought a look of hope.”
Elaine da Silva, a 38-year-old host for the Catholic television network Cançao Nova, died Tuesday along with her unborn child at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The evening news anchor developed breathing problems on Monday and was hospitalized before her condition worsened
Brazilian journalist Elaine da Silva and her husband, Fernando Carvalho, with one-year-old son, Leo. Da Silva suffered a miscarriage during her first pregnancy three years ago. The couple was expecting a son at the time
Da Silva’s death comes three years after she suffered a miscarriage just five weeks into her pregnancy.
She and her husband were expecting their first child, a boy, and she was rushed to hospital after she bled and her waters broke, Cançao Nova cameraman Ederaldo Paulini told the magazine.
Da Silva underwent an emergency caesarean section, but the child died.
“They didn’t know the gender, she had to see the baby, she saw it was a boy and they named him Theo,” Paulini said. ‘She was very shocked at the time and cried secretly.’
The couple planned to name their second son Rafael.
Da Silva worked at Cançao Nova for 15 years and hosted the network’s evening news, Cançao Nova Noticias.
The late Brazilian presenter Elaine da Silva spent 15 years at the Catholic television network Canção Nova and won the 2019 Canção Nova Journalism Award for the best reporting of 2019.
Brazilian journalist Elaine da Silva, who died of pneumonia on Tuesday, presented the evening news of Canção Nova
She started as an intern in 2008 and won the Canção Nova Journalism Award for Best Report of the Network in 2019
‘We are all very sad this morning. We have just received the news of the death of our beloved Elaine,” said Canção Nova news anchor Paula Guimarães. “(She) became spectacular at what she did.”
Víctor Freitas, a reporter for the Rede Século 21 television, lamented da Silva’s sudden death.
“One of the best friends journalism has given me,” he said in an Instagram post. ‘She encouraged my work from our first contact. Always friendly and cheerful. May God welcome you with open arms and comfort your family.”