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![Rescue workers transport a patient at a university hospital in Seoul as mass walkout of medical trainees against the government's plan to increase the medical school admission quota continues for nearly two months. According to fire officials, a heart disease patient in her 60s living in South Gyeongsang was taken to a hospital in Busan after six nearby hospitals refused to accept her. She died six hours after she sought help through the 119 emergency rescue number. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10800658.jpg?imageId=10800658&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Medical professors at Kangwon National University shave their heads in front of the school on Tuesday to protest the university's request to increase its enrollment quota from 49 to 140. [KANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12418593.jpg?imageId=12418593&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Teachers rally in front of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Saturday to commemorate the death of an elementary teacher who took her own life in July and demand legislative measures to protect them from malicious complaints from students and parents. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11632180.jpg?imageId=11632180&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)