"Eric Bonvin, general director of the regional hospital in Sion, appeared to take aim at the media in an astonishing outburst at the third press briefing from Sion on Friday. "The hospital is a place of confidentiality, it is a place where there must also be tranquillity for the patients, and I say it here because the media pressure that can be exerted on patients today can be another form of stigma that can be difficult to endure at those times," he said. "So that's why we also set certain limits, and I am addressing the the media because, as you know, many of you try to access the hospital, we set a limit to protect this intimacy, which is an indispensable therapeutic element for our patients, obviously, and for the families. who are with them," he said. Media reports have suggested families of victims have said they had not been provided with sufficient information - and one reporter tackled the authorities on it later in the presser, also available on this site. 40 people have been confirmed dead and 119 injured, of many different nationalities. The blaze broke out in the early hours of New Year's Day at the La Constellation bar. Eyewitnesses and online videos suggested sparklers on champagne bottles had ignited the ceiling. The venue was packed with young people celebrating. "