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BELhospice
have organised the second "BELhospice
Charity Ball" at the Hyatt Regency hotel
on 25th of October 2008. The ball has
marked the beginning of a campaign to
build the first in-patient hospice in
Serbia. The numerous representatives
from national and international
companies and guests from the health
sector, political field, and public life
attended the Ball.
The evening
entertainment consisted of the guest
appearance of the British opera singer
Stuart Pendred, and two video
presentations. The first video was from
the Romanian hospice, "Casa Sperantei"
(House of Hope). The film presented the
work of hospice and palliative care and
the changes this care has made to the
lives of terminally ill patients.
Life stories from some of the hospice
patients brought out sincere emotions
and left viewers in silence. The second
video message was from Nemanja Vidic,
football player at Manchester Utd. FC,
which announced the generous donation of
£25,000 from MUFC for BELhospice.
During the evening, the charity auction
saw guests bidding for state of art
objects, tourist arrangements, and two
sports items -
 Novak Djokovic tennis racket that he
used at the Australian Open this year,
and a T-shirt signed by Ana Ivanovic.
Other prices included a weekend package
with Manchester Utd. FC. The final part
of the evening's programme was dancing
to the Vivo Band.
BELhospice used this event to introduce
the concept of hospice as specialised
healthcare for terminally ill patients,
a place where they will get
the
necessary
care and
attention
to really
make
a di- fference
to the patients and their families.
We hope that the Serbian public and all
the relevant state institutions will
recognise the urgent need for the
existance of such specialized health
care and that they will join in suppo-
rting BELhospice. We would like to
aknowledge all BELhospice friends,
companies and supporters that have
already made their contribution to this
great cause.
See
the Ball’s photos
You can read more about charity ball
tradition in Belgrade in second issue of
our
Newsletter.
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