The nurse Rashid Hamid has become famous through videos about his everyday work. He turns some of his patients, such as 93-year-old “Grandma Lotti,” into Instagram stars. Does this make more money than his main job?
Rashid Hamid suggests the office of his nursing service in Hamburg-Bergedorf as a meeting point for the conversation. “Care Smile” is written on the shop window. “I was just at Grandma Lotti’s,” says Hamid as he rushes into the small office. The 31-year-old nurse looks immediately familiar from the many videos he posts on the Internet almost every day. In it he shows humorous, but also memorable and touching scenes from his everyday work. Thanks to the videos, not only Hamid has become an internet star, but also some of his patients. In particular, his conversations with a 93-year-old patient, whom he made known as “Grandma Lotti,” are viewed millions of times.