Welcome to BELhospice The first Centre for palliative care and palliative medicine in Serbia   The Centre for palliative care and palliative medicine, BELhospice, is the first specialised organisation in Serbia, which provides palliative care to cancer patients during the last phases of their illness. The concept of palliative care means providing the best possible care in the given circumstances to both patients and their families thus improving their quality of their lives.   Our Mission: *  To provide palliative care to terminally ill patients in Serbia in        accordance to standards set by the World health Organisation (WHO)        and European Council. *  To assist the process of education of relevant professionals as well as of        the general public *  To promote the concept of palliative care in Serbia and to encourage        the wider community to support our work   BELhospice is a non-profit organisation and all our services are free of charge to both patients and their families!   We have established a very successful cooperation with “Clinical Centre of Serbia” and with Medical Centre “Bezanijska kosa”. This collaboration enables us to, besides education, participate in standard hospital rounds and thus meet the relevant patients in person. This then helps mutual exchange of information with resident doctors and consequently enhance identification of better medical treatment such as pain management and improve organisation of further necessary measures. We also have created a contact network with a number of district outpatient health centres in Belgrade. If you need our help or advice, please feel free to contact us either through your doctor at your district health care centre, or directly at: phone: +381 11 33 43 311 or email: belhospice@nadlanu.com Our work at BELhospice has been supported by Hospices of Hope, a British charity, as well as by donations from both our country and abroad. Should you be interested in learning more about us or if you would like to help us, please contact us directly at: +381 11 33 43 900 or at the following email address: belhospice@nadlanu.com  and  natasa.milicevic@belhospice.org Our Centre is situated at 72 -74 Dalmatinska street (entrance into the building from Vladetina street), Belgrade.    Second Charity Ball Hyatt Regency, 25th Oct. 2008   Following our very successful first charity Ball last year, we are delighted to announce the date for our 2008 Ball. Once again, it will take place in the Hyatt Hotel and promises to be a very enjoyable and worthwhile evening. We do hope you will consider joining us. Your presence at the Ball could make all the difference to the patients who need this type of help in the coming year. More about this ball   " Pain and Palliative Medicine "     Project Belgrade, 2008.   Education in the field of palliative medicine was organised by the Universities of Florence, Lion, Belgrade and Zagreb as a part of a Joint European Project. The theoretical part of this course was held from February to June 2008 in Belgrade and Zagreb. After passing the final exam, the 15 highest achieving participants from both cities will go to attend a one month practical course in Italy and France at the end of 2008 until the beginning of 2009. Dr Leonida Mirilo, working as a doctor in BELhospice, after successfully passing the final exam, will join this group to attend the practical course in Italy and France. Dr Natasa Milicevic, the director of BELhospice was one of the lecturers at the theoretical part of this course in Belgrade. More about BELhospice's Education Centre    St. Christopher's Hospice United Kingdom, May 2008.   St. Christopher's Hospice in the UK, is one of the founders of palliative care with more than 40 years of experience in the field. This hospice is organising a multi - professional course as part of its educational programme. Attendants of this course are doctors and nurses from all around the world. Dr Leonida Mirilo from BELhospice attended this course in May 2008. This one week course gave her the possibility to extend her knowledge on hospice-palliative care. Dr Mirilo had an excellent opportunity to get familiar with practical procedures in this hospice through visiting the day care centre, paying home visits with the home care teams and through supporting families of patients in the bereavement period. This course is of great value for all of those who are involved in caring for dying patients. More about St. Christopher's Hospice    "Blue Train" Event Zlatibor, 29th February 2008   On 29th February 2008, BELhospice and Hospices of Hope organised a joint event for guests coming from Serbia, England, America and Romania. The event was a ride on Tito’s famous ‘Blue Train’. The train journey took the guests up to the famous Serbian mountain resort of Zlatibor where they spent a day enjoying the scenery and beauty. The weekend was an opportunity to raise much-needed funds for BELhospice’s work with terminally ill patients, but also promoting the concept of palliative care in Serbia as a vital and valuable form of care for dying cancer patients. More about "Blue Train" event    Diploma in Palliative Medicine    Alumni Conference London, 18th January 2008   The Cardiff University School of Medicine organised on January, 18th, 2008 the Diploma in Palliative Medicine Alumni Conference. The conference took place at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Professor Ilora Finley, Course director, welcomed the participants and spoke about developments within palliative medicine postgraduate education. A number of other alumni members gave their oral or poster presentations. Our member, Dr Natasa Milicevic, MD, as an alumnus of the Course, attended the Conference and gave an oral presentation on that occasion entitled: ”Does it make any difference?” This was  a good opportunity for all the alumni members to exchange their opinions about the Course and its contribution to their professional careers and to palliative care development in their own surroundings.    Training Course for teachers    in Palliative Medicine Liverpool, 7th - 12th October 2007   Dr Natasa Milicevic attended the course for teachers in Palliative Medicine organized by The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute from Liverpool and Professor John Ellershaw. Course was organized for doctors who are experienced in palliative care and involved in palliative medicine teaching either at undergraduate or postgraduate levels. There were about 20 participants, mostly from UK and Ireland, but from New Zealand, China, Slovenia and Serbia, too. More about this course     Miscellaneous

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