Elizabeth Gunn has been a nurse for 40 years. She told lawmakers a story about a patient who recently was threatening his nurses. She said having the bill in place would have helped.“If I can go in and sit down to that individual and say you know there are consequences to this behavior. You have to be in hospital to get your antibiotics. You may not behave that way," Gunn said. "That is assault and if you actually put your hands on her it’s battery,"
Before fluoridation there was fear, and "the pus would run down over your finger". The experience was not an edifying one for the nurses or the children.