Aizawl, April 18 -- Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is mulling to establish a pharmacy skill development centre in Mizoram, PCI president Dr. Montu Kumar M Patel said on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference here, Patel said that he met state health minister Lalrinpuii on Wednesday and apprised her of the PCI's interest in establishing the centre in Aizawl.

He said that the PCI will establish a pharmacy skill development centre if the state governmentprovides land for the project.

Patel expressed concern about the alleged gross violation of the Pharmacy Act, 1948, by pharmacies in Mizoram.

He said that section 42 of the act states that only a registered pharmacist can compound, prepare, mix, and dispense medicine from ...