{"id":473270,"date":"2026-09-23T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473270\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:42:20","slug":"vigil-protest-for-sf-general-social-worker-fatally-stabbed-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473270\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil, protest for SF General social worker fatally stabbed \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social workers at San Francisco General Hospital are planning a vigil and protest Wednesday, marking nine months since a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/sf-general-hospital-fined-deadly-stabbing\/4095841\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">colleague was fatally stabbed by a patient<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Workers say not enough has changed to ensure their safety since the death of social worker Alberto Rangel.<\/p>\n<p>SF General previously said security enhancements would be made, including adding more deputies and security officers and searching people for weapons. Social workers say more needs to be done when it comes to safety protocols and staffing.<\/p>\n<p>The vigil and protest, called &#8220;Hands Together for Ward 86,&#8221; is scheduled for noon Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel was stabbed in Ward 86 in December and died from his injuries in the days that followed. Patient Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi is accused in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A 13-page review later revealed that staff repeatedly warned their superiors about the patient&#8217;s behavior in the weeks before the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>An April audit from the San Francisco Department of Public Health supported workers&#8217; demands for better safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>In June, regulators issued a $142,000 fine to UCSF after an investigation found the hospital lacked adequate prevention plans.<\/p>\n<p>The workers&#8217; union is now calling for additional changes with Wednesday&#8217;s vigil and protest.<\/p>\n<p>NBC Bay Area has reached out to UCSF for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In the criminal case, a judge has ruled there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. A trial date has not been set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social workers at San Francisco General Hospital are planning a vigil and protest Wednesday, marking nine months since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-473270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}