Jordanian engineer Hasan Hamad is being bombarded with hundreds of Twitter messages a day intended for Lebanon's health minister, who has the same name.
Mr Hamad said he has been receiving messages intended for the health minister since April last year, but the number of misdirected messages and comments soared after the start of Lebanon's Covid-19 vaccination campaign last month. The messages ranged from enquiries to requests, he told Lebanon's MTV channel.
Finally, he tagged the Lebanese Mr Hassan in a tweet saying he had been receiving hundreds of messages for the health minister each day, and asked him to respond.
"After the start of the pandemic, the focus was on health ministers in general, and to my good fortune or bad, there was a similarity of names between me and the Lebanese minister of health," he told MTV.
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Oday Hamad, a nurse at the Coronavirus intensive care unit at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Hospital poses for a portrait. Tom Nicholson for The National -
Tatiana Chahine, a nurse at the Coronavirus intensive care unit at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Hospital poses for a portrait. Tom Nicholson for The National -
Staff members work in the Emergency Room at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Hospital. Tom Nicholson for The National -
A patient is moved in the Emergency Room at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Hospital. Tom Nicholson for The National
