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In Australia at least, a stand-in doctor (that is, a medical practicioner temporarilly in town to see the usual doctor's patients while he or she takes a break) is called a locum, the definition from Wiki:

Locum, short for the Latin phrase locum tenens(lit. "place-holder," akin to lieutenant)

The term is also occasionally used for stand-in pharmacists (in many outback towns there is only one, and he/she must get a temporary replacement in if they are leaving town for longer than a few days).

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