(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-15 14:55 Greece says to pay hospital supplier debt mostly with bonds

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-15 14:55 Greece says to pay hospital supplier debt mostly with bonds
ATHENS, June 15 (Reuters) – Greece on Tuesday reached a preliminary deal with public hospital suppliers to settle debts with government bonds and cash to prevent a shortage of medical supplies, the country’s finance and health ministers said. Soaring hospital expenditures in 2008-09 helped derail the previous government’s budget and inflate last year’s deficit to 13.6 percent of economic output …
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