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Welcome to BELhospice

The first Centre for palliative care and palliative medicine in Serbia

 

 

BELhospice is the first specialised charity organisation in Serbia that provides palliative care to cancer patients during the last phase of their illness. The concept of palliative care means providing the best possible care in the given circumstances to both patients and their families in order to improve 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.

 

There are 6000 of our citizens who die from cancer

every year.

BELhospice is the only hospice charity in Serbia that cares for all your ill friends and neighbors,
who have need of specialised care.

 

We have a dream...

 

So big that we need you to dream it with us

so that it could come true.

 

Let's dream together...

 

THE FIRST HOSPICE IN SERBIA

 

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@open.telekom.rs

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, +381 11 30 38 074, or at the following email address: belhospice@open.telekom.rs and office@belhospice.org 

Our Centre is situated at 72 -74 Dalmatinska street (entrance into the building from Vladetina street), Belgrade.

   Sign up process closed for
   BELhospice Team

Belgrade
7 April 2013

 

 

We have just closed down the sign up process for BELhospice Team.

Our team is now making final preparations for the most important run this year. We are thankful to everyone that joined the BELhospice Team and raised funds for cancer patients.

We wish you all the success at 26th Belgrade Marathon.

See you there on 21 April.

   BELhospice team
   at 26th Belgrade Marathon

Belgrade
21 April 2013

 

 

BELhospice Team has been training for months for the most important run this year.

Along with preparations, members of our team were also fundraising to support BELhospice and palliative care of cancer patients.

Find out more at our Facebook page.

 

Check the final runner's list

   Charity Ball
   "A Night With The Stars"

Metropol Palace Hotel
20 October 2012

 

 

BELhospice organised a Charity Ball at the Metropol Palace Hotel to raise funds for palliative care of terminally ill cancer patients. This event was supported by our partner organization Hospices of Hope. The ball was attended by 180 guests, among whom were prominent public figures, representatives of the corporate sector, diplomatic corps and many individual donors.

More about Charity Ball

   BELhospice video

Belgrade
October 2012

 

 

At Youtube site you can watch a video clip "Our story"  about patients that BELhospice is caring for. This video was produced by two BELhospice's volunteers, Jelena and Stefan.

"Our story"

 

   BELhospice Coffee Shop

Batajnica
1-2 September 2012

 

 

An International Air Show was held at Batajnica military airport to celebrate 100 years of Serbian military aviation. BELhospice used this opportunity and organized a charity event to raise funds for palliative care of terminally ill cancer patients.

Visitors of the International Air Show had the opportunity to visit BELhospice stand, find out more about our work and buy a coffee, juice or water to support palliative care. All the funds raised with this event will be used to cover the cost of hiring one nurse for 2 months.

This event was supported by 204th air force brigade of Serbian Army and by Grafix.

   4th Charity 5-a-side football
   tournament is finished

Sport Centre Kovilovo
23rd June 2012

 

 

The 4th Charity 5-a-side football tournament "BELhospice 2012" was held on Saturday, 23 June 2012, on the grounds of the sports center Kovilovo. This event raised over 9000 Euros for palliative care of terminally ill cancer patients.

More about tournament

   "Social transition" Programme -
   Volonteer's education

Belgrade
4-7 June 2012

 

 

As part of the programme "Social transition", BELhospice has organised the first education for 15 interested volunteers. They have had lectures about volunteer's role within palliative care and have seen some examples of the volunteer work in hospices in France and Uganda.

Lecturers were: Mrs. Nadja Novakovic and Mr. Freddie Glans, volunteers and members of the French association for the volunteer's training Albatross, Mr. Zoran Purkovic, BELhospice's director, Dr. Snezana Davidovic and nurse Bojana Vuckovic from BELhospice, Ms. Tamara Klikovac, clinical psychiatrist from National Institute for Oncology and Radiology, and Rev. Jovan Blagojevic, theologian and chief editor at Serbian Orthodox Church Radio "Slovo Ljubve".

   Charity concert held at
   the Norwegian Ambassador's
   residence

Belgrade
26 April 2012

 

 

The charity concert of the opera singer Katherine Haataja has been organised by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade. The concert has been attended by representatives of the diplomatic cord and corporate sector.

Mrs. Josephine Kamswaag, spouse of the Norwegian Ambassador and new member of BELhospice fundraising committee, has provided that all raised funds be donated to BELhospice for engagement of one nurse for one month.

   "Social transition" Programme

Belgrade
23 April 2012

 

 

We are please to announce that Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF) and Cooperating Netherlands Foundations for Central and Eastern Europe have approved project proposal which BELhospice has applied for the programme "Social Transition".

The programme "Social Transition" has been established with the idea of providing support to the organisations that are looking for innovative approaches to maintaining and improving the quality of social services for socially vulnerable groups.

With the support of funds provided by this programme BELhospice will implement social support in services offered to its patients. Social support is an integral part of palliative care according to the Standards of the World Health Organisation.

   BELhospice team at
   25th Belgrade Marathon

Belgrade
22 April 2012

 

 

BELhospice have had the team of 30 runners who helped raising funds for terminally ill patients.

More about BELhospice team

   New members of BELhospice
   Fundraising Committee

Belgrade
12 March 2012

 

 

We are pleased to announce that the new members of BELhospice Fundraising Committee are Dr. Lavinia Devenport,  wife of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Serbia, Mrs. Josephine Kamsvaag, Norwegian Ambassador’s wife and Mrs. Diana Gligorijevic, co-owner and marketing director of the “Telegroup”.

New BELhospice Fundraising Committee has been formed in October 2011 with the aim of strategic planning of activities to raise funds that would provide care for terminally ill patients. Members of the Committee are also Mr. Darko Matijasevic (Executive Group), Mr. Nebojsa Radakovic (Danone Adriatic), Dr. Milan Matkovic (Pharmanova), Dr. Olja Han,  Mr. Samuilo Petrovski (IFES).

   Charitable Bowling Tournament

Colosseum Bowling Centre
8 March 2012

 

 

On the occasion of 8 March, The International Women’s Day, BELhospice Centre has organized the 3rd Charity Bowling Tournament in the Colosseum Bowling Centre. This event traditionally has been held every year, and this year the tournament has raised more than EUR 3,000 to support BELhospice in providing palliative care for terminally ill cancer patients.

More about charitable tournament

   Collection Boxes Campaign

Belgrade
January 2012

 

 

 

In December 2011 BELhospice has started the campaign of setting up collection boxes in pharmacies, banks and consumer facilities, with the aim of raising funds for the care of cancer patients.

The idea is to place branded box on the counter so that customers have it in a visible place near the cash register. On the collection boxes there are information about the BELhospice organization and about the purpose for collecting donations.

Until this day, BELhospice has conducted this action in Belgrade within the pharmacy chain PHARMACITY, shopping centers Metro Cash & Carry, and currently there are negotiations in progress with the pharmacy chain Celsius.

All collected funds will be used for palliative care of cancer patients. All services that BELhospice provides are free of charge and all activities of BELhospice are funded through these humanitarian actions.

What has proved to be very optimistic so far is that the funds collected through collection boxes, arranged in a dozen locations in Belgrade and Pancevo, were sufficient to engage one nurse, which directly allows care of 20 patients per month. The plan is to expand the action to the end of the year.

   Charity dinner

Hotel Zira, Belgrade
1 December 2011

 

 

BELhospice organized a Charity dinner with the aim to emphasize the great needs of cancer patients for quality palliative care as well as to raise necessary funds for the work with those patients.

More about charity dinner

   3rd Charitable 5-a-side

   football tournament

   "BELhospice 2011"

Sport Centre Kovilovo
18-26 June 2011

 

 

Charitable football tournament "BELhospice 2011" was organized to raise desperately needed funds for palliative care of cancer patients. This tournament raised over 11,000 Euros and gathered 18 domestic and foreign companies.

More about tournament

   BELhospice appointed a new
   director

Belgrade
May 2011

 

 

We are delighted that Zoran Purkovic has joined the team as a new Director. Mr Purkovic has had a long standing interest in the development of BELhospice and brings with him a wealth of experience.

Mr Purkovic replaces Dr Natasa Milicevic who is moving to the European Union funded project "Development of Palliative Care Services in the Republic of Serbia". Dr Milicevic, one of the founders of BELhospice, has a key role in this project as a national coordinator.

 

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INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS

Learn everything you want to know about BELhospice and how we could be of assistance.

HELP BELHOSPICE

BELhospice is taking care of its patients free of charge despite the fact that it is not part of the National Health Care system of the Republic of Serbia, and thus not entitled to public budget funds.

All our activities are being helped by donations granted by people of good will such as your selves.

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Frequently Asked Questions
about the palliative care provided to terminally ill cancer patients in Belgrade

VOLUNTEERS
PLEASE CONTACT US

If you would like to support our work at BELhospice by volunteering your time and skills, please contact us via our contact page or send us your email address and we will contact you.

 

 

BELHOSPICE NEWSLETTER
 

Free download

BELhospice Newsletter

Available in PDF
(0,94 MB)

EUROPEAN COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 

Free download:

Recommendations Rec (2003) 24

European Council’s Ministers’ Recommendations to the Member States regarding the palliative care issues.

Available in PDF
(300 KB)

PALLIATIVE CARE AND CANCER PATIENTS

 

 

Free download:

National Guidelines on Palliative Care


For doctors involved in primary health care system

 

Available in PDF
(134 KB)

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