BCCNM warns 4 women may be offering illegal midwifery [Video]

The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives has issued nearly identical warnings about four women, each of whom it says “may be offering midwifery services” without being permitted to do so.

The college posted the public notices on its website Wednesday, saying Berkley McNamara, Michelle Short and Leila Naderi have held themselves out as birth attendants, while Holly Malashewsky has held herself out as a “traditional birth keeper.”

McNamara and Short are described in the notices as being from “the Fraser Valley area.” Naderi is from Kelowna and Malashewsky is from Salmon Arm, according to the college.

The BCCNM says it “received reports” that each of the women may be offering midwifery services and performing restricted activities “without being permitted to do so.”

None of the women is a current registrant of the BCCNM, and none of them has ever been registered as a midwife.

The college says Malashewsky is a former Licensed Practical …