Hospital refuses to discharge asylum seeker toddler to prevent return to Nauru

By Nicole Hasham
Updated February 16 2016 - 12:08pm, first published February 13 2016 - 11:45am
The Lady Cilento Hospital is refusing to release a baby, who was injured while in detention in Nauru. Photo: Michelle Smith
The Lady Cilento Hospital is refusing to release a baby, who was injured while in detention in Nauru. Photo: Michelle Smith
The child's mother "feels safer now that the doctors are trying to protect her child": Getup human rights director Shen Narayanasamy. Photo: Eddie Jim
The child's mother "feels safer now that the doctors are trying to protect her child": Getup human rights director Shen Narayanasamy. Photo: Eddie Jim
The child's mother "feels safer now that the doctors are trying to protect her child": Getup human rights director Shen Narayanasamy. Photo: Getup!
The child's mother "feels safer now that the doctors are trying to protect her child": Getup human rights director Shen Narayanasamy. Photo: Getup!

A Brisbane hospital is refusing to discharge an asylum seeker toddler who has been recovering from burns, in a bid to prevent the Turnbull government from returning her to immigration detention at Nauru.

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