A social worker who was stabbed while on the job at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital died Saturday, police said.

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The attack occurred at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in a hallway in the hospital’s Ward 86, according to the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Office, which is responsible for security at the hospital.

The victim was reportedly stabbed with a 5-inch kitchen knife and was taken to an operating room in critical condition with wounds to the neck and shoulder. The San Francisco Department of Public Health has not released his name, but colleagues and friends at a memorial gathering over the weekend identified him as Alberto Rangel, 51.

The suspect — Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, 34, of San Francisco — was taken into custody at the hospital and was booked int

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