Quebec astronaut David Saint-Jacques on trading his space suit for scrubs

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 5:10 a.m.

Quebec's David Saint-Jacques is familiar with isolation — as an astronaut, he spent seven months on the International Space Station. He's also a doctor. Now, after more than 10 years away from medicine, he's traded his space suit for scrubs and is working in a COVID-19 unit at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. Matt Galloway speaks with Saint-Jacques about that transition.