A day before Valentine’s Day, HIV+ couple decide to tie knot in Bengal
A day before the Valentine’s Day, a couple from South 24Parganas suffering from HIV aids tied the knot to set an example of bonding between two souls fighting odds in life. Image used for representational purpose only. KOLKATA: A day before Valentine’s Day, a couple from South 24Parganas, suffering from HIV aids tied the knot to set an example of bonding between two souls fighting odds in life. The groom and bride met each other a year ago during their routine medical check-up at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. The bride, who had tested HIV positive after her birth parents died of AIDS in the Midnapore district, was lodged in a home run by an NGO. The groom, residing in Sandeshkhali in the same district, was detected as HIV positive, though his parents were not carriers of the disease. ‘’I was infected with the virus in my childhood after being administered the diphtheria vaccine and the infected needle of the syringe was responsible for it,’’ said the youth in...