[Andrenid]

So because your friend ate some bad food, that country's hospitals must be unhygenic? Yup, I totally see the correlation there.

I'm Australian, visited the US and got severe Salmonella poisoning in Vegas... the US must have really shocking road safety laws.

[pacomerh]

Same here, got salmonella in Los Angeles eating at a subway. Point being, you can get sick anywhere, other factors include your body getting used to new organisms.

[randomtree]

My Indian friend who spent ten years in US went to visit his parents, he said he was going to buy bottled water while there and boil it before drinking. He was genuinely anxious about catching something.

So yes, the low mortality rate after surgeries is actually a surprise for me.