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Present minutes before hospital department's medical attention (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treatment

'medical attention' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'present minutes before hospital department's' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'treat' (treating is a kind of presenting**).
'minutes' becomes 'm'.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hospital department' becomes 'ent'.
'treat'+'m'+'ent'='TREATMENT'

(Other definitions for treatment that I've seen before include "Care provided to improve a situation" , "Method of handling or healing" , "Handling - therapy" , "Maintenance work" , "The handling or management of something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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