Hostel Near Vanykina Hospital

Is your relative in a hospital in Tula and you have travelled from another city, unsure where to sleep between visiting hours, where to eat, or how to avoid burning half of your budget on a hotel? Hostel "Softly and full stop" is an option for companions of patients: parents of adult patients, adult children caring for elderly parents, spouses, family caregivers. We are not a medical boarding house or an "apartment with a nurse" — we are an ordinary clean hostel in the centre of Tula, from which you can reach any of the seven main hospitals of the city in 7 to 20 minutes.

We check in by passport around the clock: emergency hospitalisation does not ask whether it is convenient for you to arrive at 3 in the morning. You get your own bed (not a "bunk in a barracks"), a bedside cabinet for documents and the patient's medicines, and a socket by the headboard for phone charging — you must stay in touch with the doctor at all times. The kitchen has a stove, a microwave and a fridge — you can cook a light diet soup for the patient and bring it in a container during visiting hours. From 400 rubles per bed per night; for stays of 7 nights or more we offer special rates for those waiting for a relative's discharge.

When a loved one is in hospital — where you stay matters

7 hospitals in Tula for companions

Where our companion guests most often go and what you should know before your first visit. Visiting hours and rules may change — always confirm with the hospital reception or attending doctor a day before the visit.

How to get there from the hostel: to Vanykina — 7 minutes by bus or 25 minutes on foot; to Plekhanova 201A — 15 minutes by taxi; to Bondarenko 39 — 12 minutes by minibus; to Mosina 21 — 10 minutes on foot; to Oboronnaya 60 — 15 minutes by bus; to Yablochkova 1V — 20 minutes by taxi. We will explain the exact route at reception.

What matters for the companion: sleep, food, contact with doctors, documents

Sleep

Being a hospital companion is a marathon, not a sprint. On the first night after arrival it is essential to sleep well, otherwise at the morning ward round you will not remember half of what the doctor says. We have blackout curtains, free earplugs at reception, and a quiet period from 23:00. Roommates are other travelling guests, not noisy young crowds — we do not put patient companions and tourist groups into the same room.

Food

Meals are not included in the price — but there is a shared kitchen with a stove, microwave, fridge with individual shelves and cookware. You can prepare a diet soup for the patient and carry it in a thermos — but always check the prescribed diet (Table No. 5, No. 9, etc.) with the attending doctor. Magnit supermarket is 3 minutes on foot, Pyaterochka is 5 minutes away.

Contact with doctors

A socket at every bed keeps your phone charged. Wi-Fi is unlimited — if the doctor asks you to send a discharge summary from another clinic or an MRI scan, you can do it in a minute. Reception has a printer (100 rubles per page) for direction slips and lab results, in case the admissions office wants a paper copy.

Documents

We give a plastic document folder as a gift for stays of 3 nights or more — put in the patient's passport, health insurance card, insurance number, referral, previous test results, private-insurance papers. The cabinet locks with a key — do not leave documents out, even in a room with people you know. Make a copy of the patient's passport in advance and keep it separately from the original — the admissions office sometimes requests a copy and the queue at the copier is long.

5 rules for a companion in an unfamiliar city

1. 1Arrive 15–30 minutes before visiting hours begin. There is a live queue at the entrance for passes; at peak time (17:00 on weekdays) you can spend 20 minutes just at the checkpoint. Arrive early — spend the first minutes of visiting time with the patient, not the last 15.
2. 2Do not bring the patient "just in case" items. Before your first visit, call the ward nurses' station and ask: which diet is prescribed, are there fluid restrictions, what is already provided in the room (towel, cup). Otherwise half of what you bring will come back with you.
3. 3Write down the name and phone number of the duty doctor in a notebook. Your smartphone may die, and in ICU it is sometimes vital to call at 3 in the morning and ask about the patient's condition — knowing whom to contact is critical.
4. 4Do not give the patient cash and do not leave a phone on the bedside table. Theft can happen in shared wards, and this is not the hospital's fault — this is a safety rule. Leave what is needed, take the rest back to the hostel.
5. 5Plan your day in 2-hour windows. Between the morning and evening visits you have 4–6 hours of free time — do not sit in the hospital lobby. The Tula Kremlin, the Museum of Weapons, and gingerbread shops are within walking distance of the hostel. Psychologically it is important to change the scene, otherwise you will burn out within a week.

Magnit and Rigla — near the hostel

Magnit supermarket, 3 minutes on foot

Basic supplies for the patient — with the doctor's approval — are here: fruit and vegetables that fit the prescribed diet (apples, pears, bananas after cooking — for Diet No. 5), still mineral water (Tulskaya, Lipetskaya), chicken fillet for boiled meat, cereals (buckwheat, oats), fermented milk products (kefir, ryazhenka) in individual packaging. Open until 23:00 — you can buy something for the morning visit even after the evening one.

Rigla pharmacy, 5 minutes on foot

Care supplies for a bedridden relative: disposable underpads 60×90, alcohol-free wipes, anti-bedsore cream, bedpan, drinking cup with spout, hand sanitiser for the companion, disposable masks and gloves. Also — jarred baby food (for post-op patients on a soft diet), sip feed Nutridrink (as prescribed for malnutrition). A loyalty-card discount is issued at the till in one minute.

Everything the doctor asks you to "buy and bring" is realistically covered in one trip to these two stores. Larger pharmacies with orthopaedic supplies (walkers, crutches, compression stockings) are 15 minutes on foot — we can share the addresses.