Social Worker In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed at SF General Hospital

"At about 1:30 pm Thursday afternoon, hospital workers at the Zuckerberg SF General Hospital made a call for security because a patient was exhibiting threatening behavior toward one of their on-duty doctors. This ended up being a very wise decision. Not long after SF Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, KPIX reports that the aggressively behaving patient stabbed a UCSF social worker, and that social worker remains in critical condition."

"The victim, a 31-year old UCSF social worker, sustained multiple stab wounds, including injuries to the neck and shoulder. The attack happened at SF General Hospital's Ward 86, which is the HIV care clinic. Authorities recovered a five-inch kitchen knife at the scene they believe was the weapon used in the attack. The unnamed suspect is a 35-year-old male who was there for a scheduled appointment, and apparently had a history of making threats to medical staff there."

A 31-year-old UCSF social worker was stabbed in the neck and shoulder by a 35-year-old male patient at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital's Ward 86, the HIV care clinic. Hospital staff had called for security earlier because the patient exhibited threatening behavior toward an on-duty doctor. San Francisco Sheriff's deputies arrived; while providing security a deputy heard a disturbance in the hallway, intervened, restrained the suspect, and secured the scene. Authorities recovered a five-inch kitchen knife believed to be the weapon. The suspect had an apparent history of making threats to medical staff and was taken into custody.

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