Hospital taxes are going up as the regional hospital district tries to minimize the amount it will have to borrow in order to build two new hospitals.
The Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital District (CSRHD) has adopted a budget of $21.4 million for 2011.
The budget will see an estimated tax rate of $71.76 per $100,000 of assessed property value, which is an increase of $1.41