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@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.    Charity dinner Hotel Zira, Belgrade 1st 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.      Donors Dinner Belgrade 9th December 2010     BELhospice organised a donors’ dinner in the Zira Hotel on 9 December. The event highlighted the palliative care needs of terminally ill cancer patients and raised vital funds to support BELhospice's care for these patients. Find out more about this event    Charitable Bowling Tournament Belgrade 23rd October 2010     A Charitable Bowling tournament was held at Bowling Centre Kolosej to mark the ‘World Hospice and Palliative Care Day’ and support BELhospice’s services in providing palliative care for terminally ill cancer patients. Find out more about this tournament    On Death and Dying    Now available in Serbian Belgrade September 2010     Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ famous book On Death and Dying is now available in Serbian. First published in 1969, the eagerly anticipated Serbian translation was finally published just a few days ago thanks to the efforts of Nadja Novakovic. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M. D. (1926–2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of this groundbreaking book. The book addresses doctors, nurses, priests and families and talks about what they all can learn from dying people. You can now order your copy (Serbian translation) of On Death and Dying from BELhospice office in Belgrade. More about this book    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     Miscellaneous

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