Social worker dies after stabbing at San Francisco General Hospital

A social worker who was stabbed Thursday inside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital has died, officials said.

The San Francisco Sheriff's Office said at about 1:30 p.m., hospital workers requested additional security for a doctor who had received threats from a patient. While providing security for the doctor, a deputy heard a disturbance in a hospital hallway involving a suspect and the social worker from the University of California, San Francisco, the Sheriff's Office said.

The deputy immediately intervened and restrained the suspect, while medical staff on site tended to the 31-year-old social worker, who was stabbed in the neck and shoulder, the office said.

The unidentified social worker was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. In an update Saturday, the San Francis