Government owes €21 million to pharmaceutical creditors

The government currently owes €21,474,226 to pharmaceutical suppliers for the purchase of medicines, medical equipment and disposables, it emerged in parliament.

The information was unveiled by Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia in a parliamentary question asked by Nationalist MP Joe Cassar on Monday evening.

Farrugia said that the amount had been accumulated under the previous government up til the end of March.