Queensland's health minister has thrown his support behind doctors at a Brisbane children's hospital who are refusing to discharge a refugee baby if she is to return to detention on Nauru.

Doctors at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital are refusing to release 12-month-old Asha, the daughter of Nepalese refugees, who was flown to Brisbane for treatment for burns after scalding herself with boiling water at a detention centre on the Pacific island.

In a statement released on Friday, the hospital said it would not release baby Asha unless a "suitable home environment is identified", as was the case with every child who presented at the hospital.