BAFTA-winning filmmaker Hassan Akkad becomes hospital cleaner
Hassan Akkad, who won a BAFTA for Best Factual Series in 2017, has revealed on Twitter that he is joining the NHS frontline
By Web Desk
April 16, 2020
Hassan Akkad, a BAFTA-winning filmmaker, has joined the NHS as a hospital cleaner in order to help in the battle against the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hassan Akkad, who won a BAFTA for Best Factual Series in 2017 for the three-part documentary film 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe', revealed on Twitter that he is joining the NHS frontline in the wake of the global health emergency.
The 23-year-old filmmaker said: "Honoured to join an army of cleaners disinfecting COVID wards our local hospital after receiving training.
"London has been my home since leaving Syria, and the least I can do is making sure my neighbours and the amazing NHS staff are safe and sound."
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