Price on Life?

Mexican hospitals (like many others) have been severely stretched by the Covid19 pandemic. People, hospitalised with the viral infection, often need oxygen to stay alive. Some Mexican hospitals have found it difficult/impossible to obtain sufficient gas from their regular liquid oxygen suppliers. Prices went up and up and supplies went down and down, for this life-saving commodity. One hospital is now being threatened with a substantial fine by its liquid oxygen suppliers (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/25/oxygen-firms-accused-of-intimidating-mexican-hospitals-during-pandemic). How is this possible? The hospital was eventually forced to invest in a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plant, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. The PSA delivers 93% pure oxygen, used to keep people alive. This is only slightly less purity than the gas sometimes supplied by the commercial liquid oxygen suppliers. The hospital's commercial liquid oxygen supplier now claim it has breached their contracts. Hence the hefty fine. Perhaps the liquid oxygen supplier should be charged with culpable homicide for any patients who die through a shortage of oxygen? There's commerce and there are medical emergencies. Hospitals should not be placed in this situation.