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Community Mourns Social Worker Stabbed; Calls for Safety

12/8/2025

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Alberto Rangel, a 51-year-old social worker at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, was fatally stabbed by a patient on December 6, 2025, in the HIV ward, and the community mourns him while calling for improved safety protocols for healthcare workers.
The suspect, Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, faces murder charges.
Hospital officials say they are enhancing security and investigating.
Union leaders criticized deputy sheriff reductions at the hospital as foreseeable.

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Story summary

Alberto Rangel, a 51-year-old social worker at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, was fatally stabbed by a patient on December 6, 2025, in the HIV ward, and the community mourns him while calling for improved safety protocols for healthcare workers.
The suspect, Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, faces murder charges.
Hospital officials say they are enhancing security and investigating.
Union leaders criticized deputy sheriff reductions at the hospital as foreseeable.