A medical doctor, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has passed away due to complications after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State.
Her death was confirmed in a Facebook statement on Wednesday by her brother, Meshack Sintei, who disclosed that she was later taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died around 2:45 am on April 14, 2026.
According to the family’s statement, complications emerged shortly after she successfully delivered the babies, leading to her urgent transfer to intensive care.
“She successfully gave birth to triplets at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri… complications arose that eventually forced us to rush her to the Intensive Care Unit in FMC Yenagoa,” the statement said.
Recounting her final moments, the family said medical personnel made efforts to keep her alive at the ICU, where her condition worsened quickly.
“We watched her struggling to live, we watched her gasping for breath, we watched how the team of doctors and other experts in FMC kept trying their best to revive her,” it stated.
The statement further revealed that her oxygen saturation levels reportedly declined drastically during the emergency response. “The SpO2 machine in the ICU began reading downwards from 70 to 50 and then to 0,” it said.
Sintei noted that the family was deeply devastated by her death, describing her as a committed medical professional and mother of triplets.
“It was a painful experience… my beloved sister died at exactly 2:45 am on April 14th 2026. A generation has been lost, and the Sintei family mourns,” he said.
He added that she “was a fighter to the end,” and expressed gratitude for the support received from friends and well-wishers.
Until her death, Dr Ogbachi was a wife, mother of triplets, medical doctor, registrar at NDUTH, member of the Nigerian Medical Association, and an alumna of Niger Delta University.
Media reports indicate that there is yet to be a comment from the hospital authorities.
