A proposed hospital is on the right in this architect rendering of plans by the Del Puerto Health Care District in Patterson. A medical office building is on the left. The district board voted Dec. 8, 2025, to submit the plans for city approval. A state bill authored by Assemblyman Juan Alanis, R-Modesto, would authorize a rural emergency stabilization care unit, or RESCU, in Patterson, which is almost 20 miles from the nearest emergency room.