The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has raised the alarm over indiscriminate blood tests being provided to the public by non-regulated bodies.

These tests, which include routine checks for cancer markers, are often offered at a discounted rate in shopping malls and other places. The MMA claims that the tests are being used to further sell unnecessary products or treatments.

Private laboratories continue to offer these tests in an unregulated setting due to the fact that the Pathology Laboratory Act, which was first mooted in 1983 and passed in 2007, is still yet to be finalised and implemented, it said...