Tattoos - even today, personal appearance of doctors is improtant, in India and UK, as far as I know. Grils wearing itsy bitsy things are frowned upon and tattoos are a no-no, in the UK.
In fact, if doctor gets involved in a fight else where apart from the court and police who are after the bechara/bechari, even the general medical council starts baying for blood - there was a funny story about a doctor who threw a plate at a waiter in a train who is now standing a trial by the med. council for tarnishing the 'reputation of doctors' (- which is really silly.
All in all, it looks like doctors work hard, can't have a life, and when they do, the whole world tells them off!!