Joy Turns to Grief as Bayelsa Doctor Passes After Childbirth

A medical doctor, Dr. Ere Ogbachi, has died after developing complications shortly after giving birth to triplets in Bayelsa State.

Her passing was confirmed in a Facebook post on Wednesday by her brother, Meshack Sintei. He revealed that she had been moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died at about 2:45 a.m. on April 14, 2026.
According to the family, complications set in soon after what was initially a successful delivery, necessitating 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.
The family explained that medical personnel made efforts to save her life as her condition rapidly 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.
They added 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,” the statement added.
Sintei described her death as a devastating loss, noting that she was not only a dedicated medical professional but also a new mother of triplets.
“It was a painful experience… my beloved sister died at exactly 2:45 a.m. on April 14th, 2026. A generation has been lost, and the Sintei family mourns,” he said.
He further described her as “a fighter to the end” and expressed appreciation for the support received from friends and well-wishers.
Until her death, Dr. Ogbachi was a wife, mother of triplets, a medical doctor, a registrar at NDUTH, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association, and an alumna of Niger Delta University.