A medical doctor, Dr. Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications shortly after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State.
Her death was confirmed by her brother, Meshack Sintei, in a statement shared on Facebook, detailing the events leading to her passing.
According to the family, Dr. Ogbachi successfully gave birth to the triplets at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri, before developing complications that required urgent medical attention.
“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 read.
She was subsequently transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, where doctors battled to save her life.
Describing her final moments, the family said her condition worsened despite efforts by medical personnel.
“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,” the statement added.
The family further disclosed that her oxygen saturation levels dropped significantly during the emergency.
“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, noting that Dr. Ogbachi was not only a dedicated medical professional but also a new mother.
“It was a painful experience… my beloved sister died. 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 to friends and well-wishers for their support.
Until her death, Dr. Ogbachi was a registrar at NDUTH, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association, and an alumna of Niger Delta University.
Efforts to obtain official confirmation from hospital authorities were still ongoing as of the time of filing this report.
