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 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.       6000 Belgrade citizens die of cancer every year. BELhospice is the only hospice charity in Serbia that cares for those ill friends of yours, or your neighbours, who most need specialised care. Let's help them together! LET'S OFFER DIGNITY TO THE VERY END!       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.    In Memoriam   Dragan Vukotic (1956-2010)   Dear friends, It is with greatest sorrow that we inform you that on July 10th 2010, BELhospice lost one of its founders, great friends and dear colleagues, Mr. Dragan Vukotic, Clinical Psychologist. He passed away quietly, in his home, surrounded by his family, according to the principles that he believed in. Dragan was one of the key people who we can give credit for establishing BELhospice 6 years ago. As a psychologist, he was a part of our expert team and a key lecturer in our Palliative Care School. His family will miss him the most.  We, his friends from BELhospice, with whom Dragan shared the joy of working with patients and spreading the hospice/palliative care principles alongside the difficulties of working as a charity, will miss him dearly. We will always feel the lack of his merry spirit. As a tribute to this good man and our friend, we have produced this photo album to share with all of you. Click here to see the album    2nd Charitable 5-a-side    football tournament    "BELhospice 2010" Sport Sentre Kovilovo 29th May 2010   Merck’s 5-a-side football team are the reigning champions of "BELhospice 2010". This popular annual event was held on Saturday 29 May 2010 in Sport Centre Kovilovo, raising funds essential for the care of our terminally ill cancer patients in Belgrade. Read more about this tournament    Psychological Aspects of Loss    International Satellite    Symposium Nyieregyhaza, Hungary 21-22 May 2010   The Hungarian Hospice-Palliative care Assiciation organised its 9th National Congress of Hospice-Palliative Care. There were more than 300 participants. As a part of the congress a special International Satellite Symposium on psychological aspects of loss was organised for health care professionals of Central and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries. More about Symposium    BELhospice Alumni Club Belgrade 21st April 2010   BELhospice Palliative Care School is resuming activities of its Alumni Club. Membership to BELhospice Alumni Club is open to professionals who have attended any of palliative care courses organized by BELhospice. More about Alumni Club    Conference for nurses only Belgrade 17th December 2009   "BELhospice" has organized a conference for nurses only, under the title "Palliative Care: The Challenge for Nurses". The conference took place on 17th of December 2009 in KBC Bezanijska Kosa’s auditorium. Our conference gathered more than 100 nurses from various medical institutions and medical schools in Belgrade. The conference aimed to introduce nurses to modern, global concepts of Palliative Care, and to the situation in Serbia. More about conference     Standardization of     Palliative Care in     nursing schools Poiana Brasov, Romania 18th - 20th November 2009   78 participants from Romania, Moldova, and Serbia gathered in Brasov for two-day conference. They were representing directors of nursing schools, professors and local and international Palliative Care experts. The objective of the conference was to develop curricula for Palliative Care undergraduate education in nursing schools, in accordance with European Standards in this field. More about this conference    Palliative Cancer Care    Course Belgrade November - December 2009   BELhospice’s ‘Prue Dufour’ Educational Centre hosted another succesful training seminar this last November and December of 2009. 15 doctors and nurses from public and private hospitals and district health care centres attended this course, which lasted for 6 days. More about this education course    Charity Gala Dinner in    White Palace Belgrade 3rd October 2009   A Charity Gala Dinner was held at the White Palace and in the presence of TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Princess Katherine. The event was held to mark ‘World Hospice and Palliative Care Day’ and supported BELhospice’s services in providing palliative care for terminally ill cancer patients. More about this event    International workshop:    Clinical Research Priorities in    End-of-Life Care Trondheim 14th-16th September 2009   During the 14th-16th September 2009, the Norwegian city of Trondheim hosted an international workshop organised by PRISMA research project. PRISMA is a project funded by the European Commission with the aim of coordinating high-quality international research into end-of-life care (EOLC). More about this workshop    Patient Advocacy Seminar Budapest 29th-30th June 2009       Professionals dealing with cancer, palliative care and pain, as well as representatives from different patients’ groups from eight European countries were invited to attend this two-day seminar during which they learnt new skills and knowledge in becoming good advocates of their patients. More about this seminar    Charity Preference Tournament Belgrade 25th-28th June 2009   Belgrade hosted yet another charity event to support the palliative care of terminally ill patients. The first open international Preference tournament was held from 25th to 28th June in Hotel Jugoslavija. The opening night of the tournament was an opportunity for all competitors to donate money to BELhospice and the palliative care of terminally ill patients. More about this tournament    11th EAPC Congress Vienna 7th-10th May 2009       The 11th EAPC (European Association for Palliative Care) Congress' motto was "Committed to people". It gathered a record number of participants from all continents. All the participants had the opportunity to learn about the latest achievements in palliative care and exchange their experiences in this field. More about EAPC Congress    Five Years Anniversary     BELhospice is celebrating its five year anniversary. For the occasion we have published a short report about what BELhospice have accomplished so far and how we have contributed to the development of palliative care in Serbia. You can read that report hear.    Humanitarian 5-a-side football    tournament "BELhospice 2009" SC Kovilovo 13th June 2009   BELhospice organised a humanitarian tour- nament of 5-a-side football matches to raise funds for the palliative care of cancer pati- ents in Belgrade. The tournament was held in the Sport Centre Kovilovo on 13th June 2009 and supported by the Serbian Ministry of Health. More about this tournament    Press Conference Belgrade 16th March 2009   The Serbian Government have endorsed a National Strategy for Palliative Care which the Serbian Health Minister and his associates publicised at a Press Conference at Tanjug International Press Centre. They spoke about the significance of palliative care and the need for the National Strategy. More about press conference    Lecturing Kraljevo 13th March 2009         Dr Natasa Milicevic spoke in Health Centre Studenica, Kraljevo, about the Contemporery Conept of Palliative Care More about lecturing    Seminar    "Event Management" Belgrade 5th-6th February 2009   Events and celebrations are excellent ways of accessing the public and publicizing particular messages. Event Management requires specific expertise and skills in order to accomplish a successful event. BELhospice, as a charity financed through donations, devote special attention to good-planning and realistic charity and fundraising events and constantly look for new ideas. To ensure this, a seminar "Corporate Gatherings and Events Management", organized by CIS, was an ideal opportunity for our fundraiser Predrag Simic, to share experiences and learn additional skills that are necessary for his field of work in events and fundraising schemes. CIS is an International Centre for education and consultancy with years of experience in capacity building, human resources management, facilitation, consultancy and organisational services.    National Seminar    for patients' rights advocacy Belgrade 23th-24th January 2009       The main goal of this seminar was to train patients, people representing patients, relatives, colleagues and friends in the skills of public relations, relations with members of Parliament and Government, lobbying, advocacy, ethics and other activities regarding patients' rights advocacy. More about this seminar     Miscellaneous

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