Doctor gets blankets and medicines (5)

I believe the answer is:

drugs

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'medicines' is the definition.
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'doctor gets blankets' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (abbreviation).
'gets blankets' becomes 'ugs' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dr'+'ugs'='DRUGS'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for drugs that I've seen before include "Medication" , "Narcotics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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