"The San Francisco Department of Public Health will commission a third-party review of security lapses at General Hospital and across the entire department in the wake of last week's fatal stabbing of 51-year-old social worker Alberto Rangel. Department of Public Health director Daniel Tsai today committed to "retaining an independent security firm" to conduct a study on the circumstances that led to Rangel's killing."
"The firm will also undertake a larger "systemwide review" of security at the hospital and its outpatient clinics, like Ward 86, the long-time HIV/AIDS clinic where the lethal Dec. 4 attack occurred. The review comes over a year after nurses called for an investigation into lapsed security at San Francisco General but were largely rebuffed by the state, according to a 2024 complaint addressed to the California department responsible for workplace safety."
San Francisco Department of Public Health will hire an independent firm to investigate security lapses surrounding the Dec. 4 fatal stabbing of 51-year-old social worker Alberto Rangel. The firm will conduct a systemwide review of security at San Francisco General Hospital and its outpatient clinics, including Ward 86. The alleged attacker, 34-year-old patient Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi, has been charged with murder and other offenses. Nurses previously filed a 2024 complaint citing inadequate protection and "no security present" on campus. Union proposals for guards, cameras, metal detectors, and crash carts at outpatient clinics were rejected, and paramedics took 10 minutes to reach the clinic.
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