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This study aimed to explore the perceived obstacles to surgery from the perspective of the cadre directly responsible for surgical service delivery at district hospitals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 clinical officers (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CO<\/jats:styled-content>s) receiving surgical training in eight public district hospitals and their 12 trainers. Thematic analysis of data was conducted using a top\u2010down coding method.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Despite readiness of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CO<\/jats:styled-content>s to conduct operations, other staff essential for surgery were sometimes unavailable to support them. Respondents attributed this to lack of skills, weak motivation or poor work ethic of their colleagues. Lack of commitment to do surgery, passiveness, lack of initiative in problem\u2010solving and \u2018laziness\u2019 of surgical team members were among the reasons provided by study participants, accounting for unnecessary cancellations of elective surgery and inappropriate referrals of emergency cases. Other factors included infrastructure breakdowns and stock\u2010outs of surgical supplies. There were instances where <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CO<\/jats:styled-content>s, and their supervisors, showed initiative in finding solutions to problems resulting from poor district hospital management practices.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study demonstrates how the motivation of surgical team members is a key factor in deciding whether or not to perform operations; and that shortages of supplies or infrastructure need not be an absolute obstacle to service delivery. 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