This act and all the provisions thereof shall not alter, amend, limit, repeal, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions of any existing statutes, or any part thereof, whereby any city of the second class may acquire and operate a hospital, but shall be in addition thereto, and as herein provided, an alternative and additional method whereby cities of the second class may acquire and operate a hospital, nor shall any part or provision hereof be held to alter, amend, limit, modify or repeal any presently existing statute providing for the maintenance, operation or government of any hospital already built or acquired under the provisions of any now existing statute.
K.S.A. 14-652a