The sick cot?

While on my way to Vizag this afternoon, just outside Rajapatrunipalem I saw nearly three wooden cots (the typical Indian charpoy, as shown in the picture) thrown near the dumping area. When I enquired with Satyam why those sturdy and rather good cots are lying in the dumping heap, he replied that they would have been thrown there by some family whose member is either dead or ailing since long. The belief is that the cot has much to do with his illness, therefore, simple logic: get rid of the cot itself! Poor cot!