Colleagues are mourning a San Francisco General Hospital social worker, who died two days after a stabbing by an assailant authorities identified as a patient, as a deeply caring man devoted to ...

"He loved his job. He was enthusiastic about what he did," Maddy Auble said in memory of her colleague, victim Alberto Rangel Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi allegedly fatally stabbed Alberto Rangel at ...

Sojourn Chaplaincy chaplain John Wolff leads the group in prayer at the start of the vigil for Alberto Rangel on Dec. 7, 2025. Photo by Mariana Garcia. At a candlelight vigil for slain social worker ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A social worker, described by colleagues as "remarkable" and "compassionate," has died from stab wounds he suffered when a patient armed with a steak knife allegedly attacked him ...

Hospital social work is an essential component in contemporary healthcare, tasked with addressing the psychosocial determinants of health. Social workers in hospital settings provide a broad spectrum ...