He got in a bad fight after someone accused him of cheating after a long winning streak while gambling. This sort of thing happens quite a bit, but he's usually the one sending them to the hospital.
"He asked a group of humans for directions, unfortunately, due to a language barrier, they took it as a threat and beat the poor alien nearly to death. At least the people in the full body suits at the hospital seem nice."
There's some seriously freaky stuff going on at the hospital. She suspects someone is experimenting with necromancy on the cadavers. She's trying to investigate.
He finally realized that eyepatches aren't medicine, or bandages, and that the gaping hole in his skull that used to house an eye is going to need some professional attention.