Brasilia - After Cuba's withdrawal from the More Doctors program, very few Brazilian professionals showed up in the indigenous communities to fill vacancies, Brasil de Fato website posted.

In the northern region in Brazil, where the Amazon is located, the state of Amazonas has the least number of medical posts occupied after the withdrawal of Cuban doctors and until December 7, day of the registration, no Brazilian doctor had signed up to assist patients in 14 cities of the area, the publication says.

Only 29 Brazilian doctors enrolled in indigenous regions after the government call, while 63 posts are still empty.

The Executive has offered 230 jobs in the northern region's municipalities and 92 are in indigenous localities, totalling 322.

In addition to Amazonas, other states in the region, Para and Amapa, are facing the same. The Ministry of Health reported that seven municipalities in Para are still waiting for doctors.

The Ministry of Health announced on December 5 that about 200 Brazilian professionals decided to withdraw from More Doctors program.

The State Health Secretariat said in a press release that about 508 members of the program, created in 2013 during the government of Dilma Rousseff, assisted patients in the region, among them, 318 Cubans who worked on indigenous lands.

In mid-November, Cuba decided to withdraw from the More Doctors program because of the questioning and derogatory statements by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro about the Cuban professionals.