Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (OC 370:4) writes that
neighbours whose houses back onto a shared courtyard where they eat together do
not require an eruv as they are considered to be like one family.
In
the previous seif, the Shulchan Aruch writes that a boarder does not
need to make an eruv with their host even if they sleep on a separate
floor. As they use the house for functions other than sleeping, it is all
considered to be one house for purposes of eruvin.
R’ Nosson Gestetner
(Lehoros Nosson 5:29)
compares this to a hospital where patients receive their food, bedding and
medication from the hospital. Unlike a hotel where guests rent a specific room,
the hospital reserves the right to move patients around from one ward to
another as they deem fit (See Biur Halacha 370). Thus, R’ Avraham Borenstein
(Avnei Nezer 3:380) writes that patients are not considered to be renting their
own space, thus obviating the need for an eruv. Likewise, they would not
be obligated to affix a mezuza even if they were there for over thirty
days.
The
Shulchan Aruch (OC 370:2) writes that if a landlord rents out various rooms
that contain valuable furniture, then the residents are considered to be the
landlord’s guests and so would not need an eruv to carry to a shared
courtyard. As hospitals keep valuable equipment in each room which only their
madical staff can use R’ Gestetner
writes that this,
too, means that this space does not belong to the patient.
In
conclusion, one may carry indoors within a hospital’s building on Shabbos.
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