The husband of a UCSF social worker who was fatally stabbed in December while working at San Francisco General Hospital’s HIV clinic plans to sue the city, claiming officials failed to provide clinic workers with adequate security prior to Alberto Rangel’s death.
The wrongful death claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, was filed by Stuart Moulder on Friday morning. It accuses the city of failing to take steps to protect health care providers at its facilities despite being aware of “persistent and escalating threats” to its workers from a patient now facing a murder charge.
San Francisco officials have 45 days to respond to Moulder before he can file a lawsuit. The claim did not specify how much money Moulder was seeking. San Francisco Department of Public Health officials directed questions about the claim to the City Attorney’s Office…