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Doctor — and how patients see her one after another reportedly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

intern

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'doctor' is the definition.
(intern is a kind of doctor)

'one after another reportedly' is the wordplay.
'one after another' becomes 'inturn' (I've seen this before).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'inturn' is a homophone of 'INTERN'.

'and how patients see her' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for intern that I've seen before include "Hospital doctor (US)" , "Shut up" , "cage" , "Young American 18" , "Confine - assistant medic in America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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