{"id":150348,"date":"2026-04-15T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=150348"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:58:16","slug":"doctor-dies-after-giving-birth-to-triplets-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=150348","title":{"rendered":"Doctor dies after giving birth to triplets in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor dies after giving birth to triplets in Bayelsa<\/p>\n<p>A medical doctor, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State<\/p>\n<p>The death was confirmed in a Facebook statement on Wednesday by the deceased\u2019s brother, Meshack Sintei, who said she was later rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died at about 2:45 am on April 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to the family statement, complications set in shortly after she successfully gave birth, prompting an emergency transfer to intensive care.<\/p>\n<p>She successfully gave birth to triplets at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri\u2026 complications arose that eventually forced us to rush her to the Intensive Care Unit in FMC Yenagoa,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the final moments, the family said medical personnel made efforts to save her life at the ICU, where her condition deteriorated rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that her oxygen saturation levels reportedly dropped sharply during the emergency response. \u201cThe SpO2 machine in the ICU began reading downwards from 70 to 50 and then to 0,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Sintei said the family was devastated by her passing, describing her as a dedicated medical professional and mother of triplets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a painful experience\u2026 my beloved sister died at exactly 2:45 am on April 14th 2026. 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