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Ship's doctor made nurse go off the rails (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surgeon

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'ship's doctor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nurse go off the rails' is the wordplay.
'nurse go' can be anagrammed to 'SURGEON'.
Though, I am not sure how this is indicated.

'made' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for surgeon that I've seen before include "Man with knife" , "Doctor with a scalpel" , "Naval doctor" , "Medical man" , "Hospital worker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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