A dedicated surgeon has moved millions of people in China with her devotion after performing an operation with a fractured foot.

Song Xiaojie, who had broken her toe, performed an important surgical operation for a cancer-stricken patient while her foot was in plaster.

Commenting on her devotion to work, Ms Song remained modest. She said: 'I can't achieve great things, but I can use my great love to do every little thing well.'

Gynaecologist Song Xiaojie is pictured performing surgery on April 5 with her foot in plaster

Ms Song works the Director of Department of Gynaecology at Wuhan Women and Children's Health Care Centre in the provincial capital of Hubei.

She broke the middle toe of her right foot on April 4 after accidentally kicking a metal frame in her office, according to local newspaper Chutian Urban Daily.

Her colleague at the Department of Orthopaedics put a plaster cast around her foot and advised her to rest, but she was scheduled to perform an important operation the next day for a patient who suffered from cervical cancer.

Ms Song decided to carry on working. She told Chutian Urban Daily: 'Although my foot was injured and I should have been resting, my patient could wait no longer.'

The operation reportedly lasted for five hours and her patient, 59-year-old Ms Li, was moved to tears after seeing Ms Song's injured foot.

Since she got injured, Ms Song has performed over 30 operations and seen 110 patients daily.

She broke her toe a day before the important surgical operation, but decided to remain in post

Ms Song said: 'As long as you treat every patient like your family, you'll become a good doctor'

Apparently, her department faces a shortage in staff, which is one of the reasons why Ms Song decided to continue working.

'I can't rest because I have work to do. Each patient takes time to see and most of them are severely ill,' Ms Song told a reporter from Pear Video after receiving 61 patients that morning.

The devoted surgeon also told Pear: 'As my mother says, as long as you treat every patient like your family, you'll become a good doctor.

'I enjoy working and performing surgery. I want to do more because I feel I'm enriching and extending my own life by saving the others.'