A medical practitioner, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has passed away following complications after giving birth to triplets in Bayelsa State.
Her death was confirmed in a Facebook post on Wednesday by her brother, Meshack Sintei, who disclosed that she was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa, where she died at approximately 2:45 am on April 14, 2026.
According to the family, complications developed shortly after she successfully delivered the babies, necessitating her urgent admission into 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 recounted her final moments, noting that medical staff made sustained efforts to stabilise her condition as it worsened rapidly in the ICU.
“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.
They further revealed that her oxygen saturation levels dropped significantly during the emergency intervention. “The SpO2 machine in the ICU began reading downwards from 70 to 50 and then to 0,” it said.
Sintei described the loss as devastating, portraying her as a committed medical professional and a new 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,” while also expressing gratitude for the support received from friends and sympathisers.
Until her passing, Dr Ogbachi was a wife, mother of triplets, a registrar at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association, and an alumna of Niger Delta University.
Attempts to secure official confirmation from hospital authorities were still ongoing at the time this report was filed.