Virti: The startup challenging traditional medicine

After seeing his classmates continuously burn out during their medical degrees, Alex Young gave up medicine shortly after graduating to work on his medical start-ups

Dr Alex Young gave up medicine for a start-up (Flick.digital)

It was probably the hardest conversation Dr Alex Young had ever had to have. In 2018 he was trying to explain to his grandmother that he was giving up medicine (she had been so proud when he qualified as a surgeon) to become, as he puts it, “a start-up tech guy doing something a little bit hard to explain”.

She took it on the chin, but maybe he could have guided her through it gently using the virtual reality goggles that come as standard at Virti, his new enhanced learning system.

We all tend to worry about the kids who get addicted to gaming, headphones on, faces glued to a screen. But no longer will parents be able to say, “Hey, get off that computer and go and do something serious!” Because the smart kid will be able to reply, “I am learning how to become a doctor.”