Midwife Henriëtte Assisted in 4,500 Births; on Her Birthday, She Says Goodbye to Life.

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For a large part of her life, Henriëtte van Gerven (78) was a midwife. She said she delivered some 4,500 to 5,000 children. But now she is suddenly seeing the other side of life. A month ago, the woman from Bodegraven learned that she had bile duct cancer; this coming Wednesday, on her birthday, she will undergo euthanasia: "I am going to heaven, I am curious."