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The article says Pharmacist may open his own Clinic and can do practice (First Aid), but before that 3 months of clinical practice with a M.B.B.S physician is essential. 

I checked the claim in the newspaper image against the official Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) sources and recent web results.

Verdict: ❌ The main claim is not currently authentic as stated

The article claims that:

Registered pharmacists will be allowed to open clinics, provide primary treatment and prescribe medicines after completing a 3-month MBBS-related course/training.

I could not find an official Gazette notification, PCI regulation, Ministry of Health notification, or NMC notification establishing such a new legal right as of 13 August 2026.

More importantly, the official PCI material currently available does not support this interpretation.

• PCI's official regulations page lists the Pharmacy Practice Regulations, 2015, along with amendments in 2021 and 2025. The 2025 amendment is about adding M.Pharm (Pharmacy Practice) to the clinical-pharmacist qualification; it does not authorize pharmacists to independently diagnose patients or run medical clinics.
• PCI's own FAQ states that under Regulation 4.3, a registered pharmacist is required to dispense medicines against prescriptions of a Registered Medical Practitioner.
• PCI's FAQ also lists the approved pharmacy qualifications for pharmacist registration. It does not list a 3-month MBBS/clinical course that grants independent medical-practice rights.
• The official 2025 Gazette amendment I found contains no provision giving pharmacists authority to open clinics or prescribe medicines independently.

What appears to have happened

The newspaper article appears to be reporting a proposal/claim, rather than an implemented legal rule. There are several social-media posts circulating the same headline, but at least one recent professional discussion explicitly notes that no official policy/gazette confirming this change has been issued.

Also, the wording in the article itself is a red flag: it says “PCI के प्रस्ताव पर केंद्र की मुहर” but does not provide a Gazette notification number, notification date, regulation number, or official Ministry/PCI order establishing the alleged new scope of practice.

Important distinction

A pharmacist can perform professional pharmacy functions within the legal scope of pharmacy practice. That is very different from being legally authorized to:

• independently diagnose diseases,
• establish a medical clinic as a medical practitioner,
• prescribe prescription-only medicines independently, or
• practice medicine after only 3 months of training.

A 3-month training course does not make a pharmacist an MBBS doctor.

So, if you are asking whether a B.Pharm/D.Pharm pharmacist can now legally open a clinic and prescribe medicines after a 3-month course, my answer is:

❌ No — do not rely on this newspaper article as evidence of such a legal right.

Source : Chat GPT analysis