Social worker stabbed in attack at San Francisco General Hospital dies

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A social worker died Saturday from wounds sustained in a knife attack at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center earlier in the week, raising concerns over safety at the hospital.

Investigators believe Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi stabbed the 31-year-old social worker multiple times in the neck and shoulder around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tortolero Arriechi was allegedly seeking one of the doctors who worked at the clinic.

The victim has not been identified.

Shortly before the attack, hospital staff asked for more security for a doctor who had received threats from a patient at Ward 86, the HIV clinic.

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