A medical doctor, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State.
Her death was confirmed on Wednesday in a Facebook post by her brother, Meshack Sintei, who said she was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died at about 2:45 am on April 14, 2026.
The family said complications developed shortly after she successfully delivered the babies, leading to her emergency 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.
The family described her final moments, noting that medical personnel made efforts to save her life as her condition worsened rapidly.
“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 added that her oxygen saturation level dropped sharply during the emergency.
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“The SpO2 machine in the ICU began reading downwards from 70 to 50 and then to 0,” it said.
Sintei said the family was devastated by the loss, describing her as a dedicated medical professional and mother.
“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 appreciated the support from friends and well-wishers.
Until her death, Dr Ogbachi was a wife, mother of triplets, registrar at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association, and an alumna of Niger Delta University.