5 Saudi women agree to marry AIDS patients

DAMMAM – Five healthy Saudi women have expressed their readiness to marry men who are AIDS patients with the approval of their parents, the Makkah daily reported on Wednesday. Their marriages had been prevented by the health condition of the grooms. The executive director of the Saudi Society for Combating AIDS in Jeddah, Mousa Hayazea, expressed astonishment at the young women’s “adventurous” decision. Hayazea said the number of AIDS patients registered with the society has reached 700. Since its establishment, the society has been able help 140 men and women with AIDS to get married, he said, adding there are 50 others on a waiting list of AIDS patients wishing to get married. Hayazea said 95 percent of the marriages were successful and the couples were leading a stable life.