Pregnant Brazilian journalist and reporter Elaine da Silva died along with her unborn baby after being rushed to hospital with pneumonia on Tuesday.
Da Silva was 23 weeks pregnant when she was hospitalized in São Paulo on Monday morning following respiratory issues, the Catholic television network Cançao Nova confirmed.
Da Silva is survived by her husband, Fernando Carvalho, and her one-year-old son, Leo.
“She always had a smile to offer. She loved life, her family, Our Lady of Aparecida, nature, animals,” network colleague Reinaldo César told online news magazine, Revista Quem.
“She was passionate about journalism. She always brought a look of hope.”
The Brazilian reporter suffered a miscarriage just three years ago.
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The Daily Mail reported: She and her husband were expecting their first child, a boy, and she was rushed to the hospital after she bled and her water broke, Cançao Nova cameraman Ederaldo Paulini told the magazine.
Da Silva underwent an emergency cesarean section, but the child died.
‘They didn’t know the sex, she had to see the baby, she saw that it was a boy and they named him Theo,” Paulini said.
“At the time, she was very shaken and cried in secret.”
The couple was planning on naming their second son Rafael.
Da Silva was employed by Cançao Nova for 15 years and anchored the network’s evening news, Cançao Nova Noticias.
She started as an intern in 2008 and won the network’s Canção Nova Journalism Award for best report in 2019
“We are all very sad this morning. We have just received the news of the death of our beloved Elaine,” Canção Nova news presenter Paula Guimarães said.
“(She) became spectacular in what she did.”
A reporter for Rede Século 21 television, Víctor Freitas, lamented da Silva’s sudden death.
“One of the best friends journalism gave me,” he said in an Instagram post.
“She encouraged my work from our first contact.”
“Always kind and cheerful. May God welcome you with open arms and comfort your family.”
