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Organ donation campaigner, 18, in New Year Honours | Organ donation campaigner, 18, in New Year Honours |
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Lucia Mee has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her work raising awareness of organ donation. | Lucia Mee has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her work raising awareness of organ donation. |
The 18-year-old, from Ballycastle in Northern Ireland, who has had three liver transplants - the first aged eight - is the youngest person on the New Year Honours list. | |
She campaigns for organ donation to be taught in schools and for everyone to sign the organ donation register. | She campaigns for organ donation to be taught in schools and for everyone to sign the organ donation register. |
She previously told the BBC that each new organ was "a gift". | She previously told the BBC that each new organ was "a gift". |
Miss Mee was diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis when she was young and told she needed a new liver. | Miss Mee was diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis when she was young and told she needed a new liver. |
However, two transplant surgeries in 2007 and 2009 ended in her body rejecting the new organs and she received her third new liver when she was 16. | However, two transplant surgeries in 2007 and 2009 ended in her body rejecting the new organs and she received her third new liver when she was 16. |
'Education and conversation' | 'Education and conversation' |
"For me, it has always been a special thing to know that the decision has not been made for someone but has been a gift from each person or their family," she said. | "For me, it has always been a special thing to know that the decision has not been made for someone but has been a gift from each person or their family," she said. |
"Whatever system we have in place it is more important in my view that it operates alongside education and conversation." | "Whatever system we have in place it is more important in my view that it operates alongside education and conversation." |
She also said the family should always have the final say. | She also said the family should always have the final say. |
And she said recently: "There is not enough evidence that the opt-out system results in more organ donations if it is done without education." | And she said recently: "There is not enough evidence that the opt-out system results in more organ donations if it is done without education." |
Miss Mee said she had written to two of her organ donors but had not heard anything back from them. | Miss Mee said she had written to two of her organ donors but had not heard anything back from them. |
She is now finishing up her studies at school in Country Antrim after her most recent liver transplant. | She is now finishing up her studies at school in Country Antrim after her most recent liver transplant. |
Government ministers in Northern Ireland and England are thinking of moving to a system of 'presumed consent', in which people would have to opt out of organ donation rather than opting in by signing a donor register. | Government ministers in Northern Ireland and England are thinking of moving to a system of 'presumed consent', in which people would have to opt out of organ donation rather than opting in by signing a donor register. |
A consultation on the new system has already started. | A consultation on the new system has already started. |
Wales has already adopted the 'presumed consent' approach and Scotland plans to introduce a similar scheme. | Wales has already adopted the 'presumed consent' approach and Scotland plans to introduce a similar scheme. |
Around 6,500 people in the UK are currently waiting for an organ transplant. | Around 6,500 people in the UK are currently waiting for an organ transplant. |
One in 10 recipients of this year's honours were from the health sector. | One in 10 recipients of this year's honours were from the health sector. |
They include a damehoods for Cathy Warwick, former chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives and Clare Marx, outgoing president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a CBE for Dr Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Institute, for services to genetics and stem cell research. | They include a damehoods for Cathy Warwick, former chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives and Clare Marx, outgoing president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a CBE for Dr Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Institute, for services to genetics and stem cell research. |
There was also a Knight Grand Cross for medical scientist Sir Keith Peters. | There was also a Knight Grand Cross for medical scientist Sir Keith Peters. |
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