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Managed hospital: sick suffer (2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go through

'suffer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'managed hospital sick' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'got' (both can mean achieved or secured).
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'sick' becomes 'rough'.
'got'+'h'+'rough'='GO THROUGH'

(Other definitions for go through that I've seen before include "Use up - experience" , "be accepted" , "brave" , "Face" , "Suffer from" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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