50 percent of women doctors and nurses in the Kingdom tend to be single.

50 percent of women doctors and nurses in the Kingdom tend to be single.

According to a social specialist, 50 percent of women doctors and nurses in the Kingdom tend to be single.

Arab News qualitatively surveyed this phenomenon and found that many young men prefer not to marry doctors and nurses for a number of reasons. Perhaps the primary concern is to do with the fact that hospitals operate in mixed-gender environments and during extremely unsociable working hours.

“Unfortunately, people still continue to look down on women doctors. Men tend not to want to marry doctors. Moreover, some families threaten to ostracize their sons if they marry doctors or nurses,” said Aisha, who is a doctor at a local hospital.

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Debate on Nursing Profession - Saudi Arabia

"that Saudi nurses constitute only five percent of the total 70,000 nurses in the Kingdom."

DAMMAM, 20 October 2007 — Following a recent episode about Saudi nurses on the popular Ramadan comedy series Tash Ma Tash, a number of nurses spoke to Al-Madinah newspaper about the social stigma they face working as nurses and the type of opposition they face from their families.

Some Saudi nurses say that following the episode, which satirically took a look at the profession, opposition has increased. Exasperated by the situation, they are now calling on wider society to change its perception.

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