amaravati stating that strengthening the public healthcare system is the only way to combat diseases like covid19 chief minister ys jaganmohan reddy on sunday asked officials to put all renovation of government hospitals on the fast track he said that work proposed under naadunedu scheme should be completed as per the targetspeaking to senior officials at a review meeting at the camp office the chief minister directed them to continue screening all covid19 suspectsidentifying positive cases is not only helping in containment of the virus and in providing treatment to patients but is also helping devise future strategies on easing lockdown regulations observed the chief ministerthe chief minister asked officials to continue to spread awareness about the disease as two cases of negligence were reported that resulted in a spike in the number of cases in vijayawadahe said the government had decided to strengthen the public healthcare system much before to the outbreak of covid19 as they wanted to make ap arogyandhra pradesh by making the public sector health system functionalthe chief minister observed that negligence of the previous government has crippled the public health and education sectors in the last five years we have readied the blueprint for strengthening hospitals from phc to medical college attached to general hospital complete all the works as early as possible the chief minister directedjaganmohan reddy expressed serious displeasure over the ostracism of covid19 patients and their kinsuch discriminatory practices will divide the society educate and create awareness about extending support love and care to the recovered patients he saidpatients are recovering due to the moral support extended by doctors and nurses in the hospital but reports of their being discriminated against upon reaching home are deeply disturbing the chief minister said