Never burn bridges,I know a woman over there at the moment whose mother in the last year has eaten up the best part of half a million pesos in medical charges and hospital bills,thankfully her mums fine now but imagine if those problems had ran for a number of years,how much is a heart bypass in pinas?People have strokes,paralysed,how much does that run in monetary value,the last pinoy I knew who had a stroke died bedridden having been in a semi-dark room for 3 years,thats no life,you need some form of care.
Some people who decide to upsticks go lock,stock and barrel severing all ties,others leave a lifeline,its down to the individual at the end of the day,its a personal choice.