Petersburg Medical Center Board of Directors approved a 3 percent increase of rates and salaries beginning July 1. The increases will take place across the board, said Chief Financial Officer Leon Walsh.

“We have a program that raises the rates for anything that we charge for,” Walsh said.

The board unanimously approved the increases at the May 24 meeting.

In July 2011, the board increased rates from 1 to 5 percent depending on service, and raised salaries by 1 percent.

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