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Hospital member suffering (4)

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harm

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'suffering' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'hospital member' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'member' becomes 'arm' (member can mean a limb).
'h'+'arm'='HARM'

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(Other definitions for harm that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Damage, hurt" , "Hurt, injure" , "Detriment" , "Injure, injury" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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