Bayelsa Doctor dies after complications following birth of triplets

A medical practitioner, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has died after developing complications shortly after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State.

Her family confirmed the incident in a statement signed by her brother, Meshack Sintei, and posted on Facebook on Wednesday, noting that she died at about 2:45 a.m. on April 14, 2026, at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa.

Dr Ogbachi, a registrar at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri, was also a member of the Nigerian Medical Association and an alumna of Niger Delta University.

According to the family, complications set in shortly after she successfully delivered the babies, necessitating an 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.

Recounting her final moments, the family said medical personnel made sustained efforts to save her life as her condition deteriorated.

“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 levels dropped sharply during treatment. “The SpO2 machine in the ICU began reading downwards from 70 to 50 and then to 0,” it said.

Sintei described the death as devastating, saying the family was deeply grief-stricken and remembered her as a dedicated medical professional and new 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 received from sympathisers.

At the time of filing this report, hospital authorities were yet to issue an official statement on the incident.